Accumulation of technetium-99m pertechnetate in a patient with metastases of thyroid carcinoma.

نویسندگان

  • Y Yamamoto
  • Y Nishiyama
  • Y Ono
  • K Satoh
  • M Ohkawa
  • Y Kawasaki
  • M Tanabe
چکیده

Accumulation of both Tc-99m pertechnetate and radioiodine upon scintigraphy in thyroid carcinoma and/or in its metastases is a rare occurrence. In this paper we describe a patient who was taken to surgery for left lobectomy of the thyroid with follicular adenocarcinoma and who had accumulation of both I-131 and Tc-99m pertechnetate in lung metastases. The accumulation of I-131 was less than that of Tc-99m pertechnetate. The use of Tc-99m pertechnetate for imaging for diagnosis of functioning thyroid metastases is discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of nuclear medicine

دوره 13 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999