title: [Clinical value of radionuclide imaging in differentiate the origin of cervical mass].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the clinical value of thyroid imaging in differentiate the origin cervical mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-nine patients with cervical mass were subjected to 99mTc-pertechnetate imaging. 99Tc-MIBI hot spot imaging and perfusion imaging were performed in some of patients with cold or cool nodules. The findings of thyroid imaging were compared with follow up and histopathologic results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-three of 69 patients were found with thyroid nodules, 36 patients mass were outside thyroid. Twelve of 33 thyroid nodules were found to be subacute thyroiditis. Two cases regarded as thyroglossal duct cyst were found to be ectopic thyroid glands. Twenty-seven of 36 masses out side thyroid were thyroglossal duct cysts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  99m Tc-pertechnetate imaging, 99mTc-MIBI hot spot imaging and perfusion imaging are useful to differentiate the origin of cervical mass, and differentiate ectopic thyroid from thyroglossal duct cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Guoxiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yongxue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi