title: Visualization of jugular vein on a thallium-201 scan for thyroid cancer.
abstract: A 52 year-old woman with recurrent thyroid cancer showed an accumulation of Tl-201 chloride in the left side of the neck. This proved to be reflux and retention of Tl-201 chloride in the left internal jugular vein and was verified with a Tc-99m HSA flow study. This phenomenon could be mistaken for metastases of thyroid cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kajita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishigami
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes