title: Thyroid carcinoma and hot nodule.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Fukata
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Tamai
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Matsubayashi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nagai
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Hirota
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Matsuzuka
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Katayama
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kuma
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Nagataki
mesh_terms: D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes