(131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer

During follow-up of thyroid cancer, (131)I whole-body scan showed intense tracer uptake in the right hemithorax of a patient previously submitted to thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroglobulin was undetectable at the time of the scan. Single-photon emission...

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Autores principales: Calabria, Ferdinando, Lanzillotta, Antonio, Leporace, Mario, Guadagnino, Giuliana, Schillaci, Orazio, Bagnato, Antonio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293308
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_157_18
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author Calabria, Ferdinando
Lanzillotta, Antonio
Leporace, Mario
Guadagnino, Giuliana
Schillaci, Orazio
Bagnato, Antonio
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description During follow-up of thyroid cancer, (131)I whole-body scan showed intense tracer uptake in the right hemithorax of a patient previously submitted to thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroglobulin was undetectable at the time of the scan. Single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) of the thorax correctly identified widespread bronchiectasis (131)I-avid in the middle lobe of the right lung. After bronchoalveolar lavage, a bronchial specimen was positive for Mycobacterium avium infection. Hybrid imaging with SPECT/CT allowed to correctly identify a false-positive case of (131)I uptake due to inflammation in a single diagnostic session, minimizing patient discomfort or misdiagnoses.
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spelling pubmed-65939532019-07-11 (131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer Calabria, Ferdinando Lanzillotta, Antonio Leporace, Mario Guadagnino, Giuliana Schillaci, Orazio Bagnato, Antonio Indian J Nucl Med Interesting Image During follow-up of thyroid cancer, (131)I whole-body scan showed intense tracer uptake in the right hemithorax of a patient previously submitted to thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroglobulin was undetectable at the time of the scan. Single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) of the thorax correctly identified widespread bronchiectasis (131)I-avid in the middle lobe of the right lung. After bronchoalveolar lavage, a bronchial specimen was positive for Mycobacterium avium infection. Hybrid imaging with SPECT/CT allowed to correctly identify a false-positive case of (131)I uptake due to inflammation in a single diagnostic session, minimizing patient discomfort or misdiagnoses. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6593953/ /pubmed/31293308 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_157_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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(131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer
title (131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer
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title_fullStr (131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer
title_full_unstemmed (131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer
title_short (131)I Uptake in Bronchiectasis Detected by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography during Follow-up of Thyroid Cancer
title_sort (131)i uptake in bronchiectasis detected by single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography during follow-up of thyroid cancer
topic Interesting Image
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293308
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_157_18
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