Diagnosing metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma with 201 thallium scan: a case report.
A case of supraclavicular metastatic follicular carcinoma which occurred 7 years after the patient had undergone total thyroidectomy is presented. By means of whole body 210-thallium scan, a precise diagnosis was made, while the whole body 131-I scan was negative. The thyroglobulin serum levels were high before surgery but significantly decreased after lymphadenectomy. The clinical use of this tracer to detect functioning and non-functioning metastases of thyroid carcinomas is discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013793:Thallium; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; C027549:thallium chloride; D013793:Thallium