title: Anthracofibrosis Manifesting as False-Positive Iodine Accumulation in a Patient With Recent History of Thyroid Carcinoma.
abstract: A 33-year-old Indonesian woman presented for follow-up after a recent history of papillary thyroid carcinoma treated with total thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy. A 131I whole-body scintigraphy showed an elongated iodine accumulation in the right hemithorax. On suspicion of pulmonary metastasis, further diagnostics with 124I PET/CT showed thickening of the bronchial wall and retention of secretion in a middle lobe bronchus. Bronchoscopy and histology allowed a diagnosis of stenosing anthracofibrosis with chronic inflammatory changes.
authors.affiliation: From the *Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, †Medical University Clinic I, and ‡Institute of Pathology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Licht
authors.forename: Claus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kroegel
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katenkamp
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freesmeyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals