Metastatic medullary thyroid cancer: localization with iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine.
A patient in whom metastatic medullary thyroid cancer was diagnosed underwent a scintigraphic examination using [131I]MIBG. Multiple hot lesions and diffuse hepatic uptake were noted corresponding to bone and liver metastases. Iodine-131 MIBG may prove to be useful for scintigraphic localization and for the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer as in pheochromocytoma and neuroblastoma.
Sone
T
T
Fukunaga
M
M
Otsuka
N
N
Morita
R
R
Muranaka
A
A
Yanagimoto
S
S
Tomomitsu
T
T
Nakayama
H
H
Harada
T
T
D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
D004164:Diphosphonates; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate