Radioiodine bronchogram in acute respiratory tract infection.
In this article, the authors described a 31-year-old woman with differentiated thyroid cancer is presented who had radioiodine uptake in the distribution of the tracheobronchial tree in association with symptoms of an acute respiratory tract infection. As expected, the uptake was transient and disappeared on the follow-up scan performed after 10 days of antibiotic treatment
Bakheet
S M
SM
Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hammami
M M
MM
Powe
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001980:Bronchi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D010406:Penicillins; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000667:Ampicillin