1. Incidental thyroid 99mTc-MDP uptake in a patient affected by differentiated thyroid cancer.
- Author
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Albano D, Magri GC, Treglia G, and Bertagna F
- Subjects
- Carcinoma, Papillary radiotherapy, Female, Humans, Iodine Radioisotopes therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Radiopharmaceuticals, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography, Technetium Tc 99m Medronate, Thyroid Neoplasms radiotherapy, Carcinoma, Papillary diagnostic imaging, Thyroid Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
- Abstract
We report a case of incidental uptake of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate in the thyroid in a 62-year-old female with a history of breast cancer treated with quadrantectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, who underwent total-body-bone scintigraphy during follow up. Planar scintigraphy was followed by neck SPECT-CT that demonstrated an area of increased tracer uptake in the neck at the left lobe of the thyroid. Neck ultrasonography showed a nodule corresponding to SPECT-CT finding and the ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration documented the presence of papillary carcinoma. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and ipsilateral lymphadenectomy; histological examination confirmed the presence of a papillary carcinoma and the patient underwent ablation therapy with iodine-131.
- Published
- 2016
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