99mTc pertechnetate thyroid scan leads to serendipitous detection of metastatic thyroid cancer
| Autor: | Lemonia Mathiopoulou, Alexandra Chrisoulidou, Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou, Maria Boudina, Periklis Mitsakis, Stylianos Mandanas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Incidental Findings business.industry Thyroid Gland Soft tissue General Medicine 99mtc pertechnetate medicine.disease Metastasis Thyroid carcinoma Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Metastatic thyroid cancer Radiology Thyroid Neoplasms Neoplasm Metastasis business Radionuclide Imaging Thyroid cancer Aged |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 37(6) |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 |
| Popis: | 99mTc pertechnetate is considered insensitive in detecting thyroid carcinoma metastases. We report the case of a 71-year-old male patient, in whom metastasis of an unknown thyroid cancer was diagnosed incidentally on a routine 99mTc pertechnetate scan, performed for the assessment of nodular thyroid disease. Marked tracer accumulation was unexpectedly noted on the left frontal region, where a palpable, painless, soft tissue mass was present. Surgical excision of the mass revealed metastatic poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma synchronous to soft tissue and adjacent bone. |
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