title: Incidental scintigraphic finding of ovarian teratoma containing normal thyroid tissue on post-radioactive iodine therapy for papillary thyroid cancer.
abstract: Abnormal focal uptakes are often visualized on I post-treatment scintigraphy in case of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. For some of these, especially on atypical localization, it can be difficult to affirm the benign or malignant nature. A high serum thyroglubulin value after surgery may suggest the presence of metastatic disease. We report a case of an abnormal ovarian uptake on post-treatment scintigraphy associated with an elevated thyroglobulin value revealing finally an ovarian mature cystic teratoma containing normal thyroid tissue.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Jean Perrin Center, 58 rue Montalambert, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. mathieugauthe@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gauthé
authors.forename: Antony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dejax
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cachin
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bourdel
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes