Thyroid carcinoma and hot nodule.
A 70-year-old woman presented with a nodule in the thyroid gland. 131I scintigraphy of the gland showed a hot nodule. Histology of the resected thyroid revealed a papillary adenocarcinoma. Although a thyroid carcinoma with a hot nodule seen on the radioiodine isotope scan is a very rare occurrence, it is clinically very important because it may indicate a thyroid malignancy.
Fukata
S
S
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tamai
H
H
Matsubayashi
S
S
Nagai
K
K
Hirota
Y
Y
Matsuzuka
F
F
Katayama
S
S
Kuma
K
K
Nagataki
S
S
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes