title: Breast uptake of iodine-131 mimicking lung metastases in a thyroid cancer patient with a pituitary tumour.
abstract: We report a case of a 44-year-old female thyroid cancer patient with a pituitary tumour. 131I whole body scanning showed a change of chest uptake from a unilateral crescent uptake to a bilateral full breast uptake pattern. Hyperprolactinaemia and a pituitary tumour were diagnosed as a result of observing the 131I breast uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, 5 Fu-Hsing Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Tzen
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes