title: Incidental focal uptake in oropharynx due to lingual thyroid on diagnostic 131I whole-body scan after total thyroidectomy.
abstract: After total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma, a 37-year-old woman underwent a 2-mCi (131)I whole-body scan which demonstrated focal uptake in the anterior neck and in the oropharynx. Preoperative contrast-enhanced neck computed tomography demonstrated a small enhancing nodule typical for ectopic thyroid at the tongue base. She was then treated with 150 mCi (131)I. Small asymptomatic lingual thyroid remnants typically do not affect high-dose (131)I therapy.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors: Hee-Sung
authors: HS
authors: Song
authors: Seok-Ho
authors: SH
authors: Yoon
authors: Kyung Sook
authors: KS
authors: Jo
authors: Dong Hyun
authors: DH
authors: Lee
authors: Young-Sil
authors: YS
authors: An
authors: Joon-Kee
authors: JK
authors: Yoon
authors: Su Jin
authors: SJ
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001692:Biological Transport; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D046151:Lingual Thyroid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000378:metabolism*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes