title: Metastatic medullary thyroid cancer: localization with iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muranaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomomitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate