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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.
AuthorsHee-Sung Song, Seok-Ho Yoon, Kyung Sook Jo, Dong Hyun Lee, Young-Sil An, Joon-Kee Yoon, Su Jin Lee
JournalClinical nuclear medicine (Clin Nucl Med) Vol. 38 Issue 8 Pg. 646-8 (Aug 2013) ISSN: 1536-0229 [Electronic] United States
PMID23640232 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
Topics
  • Adult
  • Biological Transport
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes (metabolism)
  • Lingual Thyroid (diagnosis, metabolism, surgery)
  • Oropharynx (metabolism)
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Whole Body Imaging

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