A patient with two thyroid papillary carcinomas demonstrating hot and cold lesions on 113I thyroid scintigraphy.
A 44-year-old euthyroid woman had two palpable nodules in the thyroid gland. 123I thyroid scintigraphy showed a hot nodule in the right lobe and a cold one in the left lobe. Total thyroidectomy was performed, and histopathologic examination revealed that both tumors contained papillary carcinoma. Thus, hot nodules on a thyroid scintigram with 123I do not necessarily preclude malignancy.
Iwata
Masahiro
M
Department of Radiology, Hikone Municipal Hospital, Shiga, Japan. Masahiro.Iwata@ma3.seikyou.ne.jp
Kasagi
Kanji
K
Misaki
Takashi
T
Iida
Yasuhiro
Y
Konishi
Junji
J
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010173:Palpation; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013793:Thallium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C027549:thallium chloride; D013793:Thallium