Radioiodine uptake by metastatic nonthyroidal adenocarcinoma of the lung in a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
A 49-year-old woman with a history of a hysterectomy for carcinoma of the cervix and papillary thyroid carcinoma showed multiple pulmonary metastases on chest radiography. An I-131 scan revealed multiple areas of increased uptake in the chest. These lesions were found to be metastatic cervical adenocarcinoma. The radioiodine uptake by the metastatic cervical adenocarcinoma of the lungs occurred in the presence of normal thyroid imaging in a patient with a thyroid nodule and papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Sohn
Myung-Hee
MH
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute for Medical Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Korea. mhsohn@chonbuk.ac.kr
Kim
Min-Woo
MW
Lim
Seok Tae
ST
Lee
Na-Ri
NR
Song
Eun-Kee
EK
Yim
Chang-Yeol
CY
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000556:secondary; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals