title: 99mTcO4 visualization of septic pulmonary emboli during thyroid scintigraphy.
abstract: A case of 99mTcO4 accumulation within the thorax is reported, consistent with septic emboli and thyroiditis during routine thyroid scintigraphy for subclinical hyperthyroidism. After antibiotic treatment, repeated 99mTcO4 imaging revealed complete resolution of foci of septic emboli.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erciyes University; and ‡Department of Nephrology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
authors.forename: Güler
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silov
authors.forename: Ümmühan
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Abdülrezzak
authors.forename: Ali İhsan
authors.initials: Aİ
authors.lastname: Günal
authors.forename: Zerrin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bozbey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m