title: Coexistence of a nonfunctioning thyroid nodule in Plummer's disease demonstrated by thallium-201 imaging.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gunasekera
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ayabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes