Visualization of jugular vein on a thallium-201 scan for thyroid cancer.
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.
Nakano
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S
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
Hasegawa
Y
Y
Kuriyama
K
K
Kajita
A
A
Ishigami
S
S
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*
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes