Radioiodide imaging of struma cordis.
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.
Rieser
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Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
Ober
K P
KP
Cowan
R J
RJ
Cordell
A R
AR
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
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium