title: Intrathoracic stomach mimicking bone metastasis from thyroid cancer in whole-body iodine-131 scan diagnosed by SPECT/CT.
abstract: The whole-body iodine-131 scintigraphy is an imaging technique in monitoring patients with a history of thyroid cancer. Although the rate of false positives is negligible, it is not nonexistent. We report the case of an intervened and treated patient for thyroid cancer with good clinical and biochemical response. Scintigraphic findings were consistent with unsuspected bone metastasis. Fused SPECT/CT data allowed accurate diagnosis of giant diaphragmatic hernia associated with intrathoracic stomach, a very rare pathology that can lead to false positive results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Pablo Antonio de
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: la Riva-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Cinta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calvo-Morón
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buján-Lloret
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cambil-Molina
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro-Montaño
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D000072098:Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes