Focally Increased Iodine Activity in a Small Thymic Cyst.

Abstract

A 40-year-old man with biopsy-proven papillary thyroid cancer received I radiotherapy. Posttherapy scan showed not only multiple foci of intense activity in the neck but also a small focal activity in the region of right upper mediastinum, confirmed by SPECT/CT images. This activity was suspected as mediastinal lymph node metastasis. However, pathology examination after the resection showed thymic cyst.

• Authors: Yao Liu, Xia Bai, Da Mu, Jian Wang, Cen Lou
• Journal: Clinical nuclear medicine (Clin Nucl Med) Vol. 44 Issue 6 Pg. 477-479 (Jun 2019) ISSN: 1536-0229 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 30789398 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Radiopharmaceuticals
• Iodine

Topics

• Adult
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Humans
• Iodine
• Male
• Mediastinal Cyst (diagnostic imaging)
• Neoplasm Metastasis
• Radiopharmaceuticals
• Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
• Thyroid Cancer, Papillary (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Thyroid Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, pathology)