Coexistence of a nonfunctioning thyroid nodule in Plummer's disease demonstrated by thallium-201 imaging.
A patient with Plummer's disease in whom a coexisting nonfunctioning thyroid nodule was detected by TI-201 imaging is presented. I-123 imaging revealed a hot nodule corresponding to the functioning nodule and little uptake in the rest of the thyroid. In contrast, two areas of abnormalities were noted on a TI-201 image: one corresponded to the hot nodule in I-123 imaging and the other was visualized in the suppressed part of the thyroid in the same lobe. This case revealed that TI-201 imaging is clinically useful in detecting coexisting nodules in the suppressed part of the thyroid.
Ichiya
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nakashima
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T
Gunasekera
R
R
Kuwabara
Y
Y
Ayabe
Z
Z
Sakurai
T
T
Masuda
K
K
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes