title: Radioiodide imaging of struma cordis.
abstract: This is the first reported case in which struma cordis was demonstrated with radionuclide imaging. A 56-year-old white woman underwent surgical excision of a benign intracardiac thyroid mass (struma cordis). Subsequent radionuclide imaging with I-123 sodium iodide and Tc-99m labeled red blood cells demonstrated a normal cervical thyroid gland as well as a focus of activity in the mediastinum consistent with intracardiac thyroid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Rieser
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ober
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cordell
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013961:Thyroid Gland
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium