An unusual scintigraphic pattern of benign thyroid nodules. The "fish eye" sign.
The authors describe three cases of an unusual scintigraphic pattern of benign thyroid nodule with ultrasonographic appearance. A nodule of normal, increased and decreased Tc-99m pertechnetate concentration surrounded by a rim of cold area was noticed in three patients in whom fine-needle aspiration biopsies revealed benign follicular cells.
Gulaldi
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Erbas
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Erbas
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Akhan
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Telatar
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m