title: I-131 uptake in the breast for thyroid cancer surveillance with biopsy-proven benign tissue.
abstract: A 37-year-old woman was seen for recurrent papillary carcinoma of the thyroid after thyroidectomy. After repeated surgery and I-131 therapy, follow-up I-131 scanning and thyroglobulin levels were negative. Subsequent I-131 surveillance, however, demonstrated bilateral breast uptake. A biopsy taken of this area in the right breast proved that the increased uptake was secondary to benign disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131-5336, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiest
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vela
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartshorne
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Crooks
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes