title: Uptake of Tc-99m pertechnetate by lactating breasts during a thyroid scan in a postpartum patient.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, Australia.
authors.forename: Chong G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sotiropoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation / Q000378:metabolism*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000378:metabolism*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013004:Somatostatin; C444119:technetium Tc 99m depreotide