Recurrent follicular carcinoma-oxyphilic cell type (Hürthle cell carcinoma) of the thyroid, imaging with iodine-131 and technetium-99m tetrofosmin before and after radiotherapy.
A 68-year-old male with recurrence of malignant follicular carcinoma-oxyphilic cell type of the thyroid after surgery underwent whole body scintigraphy with 131I-sodium iodide and 99Tcm-tetrofosmin (Myoview). 131I scanning demonstrated local uptake most likely to be in the normal remnant, but 99Tcm-Myoview images delineated recurrence of the carcinoma in the neck, with more extensive involvement. We believe that a combination of 131I and 99Tcm-tetrofosmin imaging may be useful to assess the extent of disease in patients with recurrent Hürthle cell type carcinoma of the thyroid.
Bomanji
J B
JB
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Medical School, UK.
Gacinovic
S
S
Gaze
M N
MN
Costa
D C
DC
Ell
P J
PJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin