Thyroid hemangioma: a case report with a review of the literature.
A 53-year-old man was found serendipitously to have increased blood-pool uptake in the right lobe of the thyroid during a radionuclide ventriculography study for left ventricular function. Primary thyroid hemangioma is a rare condition, with only two cases reported in the literature. Secondary hemangioma may occur as a result of fine-needle aspiration. This technique may cause hematoma formation, which generally resolves normally, but on rare occasions it can lead to cavernous hemangioma formation. In patients with a thyroid swelling who have a cold nodule on a thyroid scan and only blood on repeated fine-needle aspiration, Tc-99m erythrocyte blood-pool imaging may be performed to diagnose hemangioma.
Kumar
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. rkphulia@hotmail.com
Gupta
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Khullar
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Dasan
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Malhotra
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D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013667:Technetium; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013667:Technetium