Abstract
A 56-year-old woman with prior esophageal resection and reconstruction after accidental lye ingestion presented for management of recently diagnosed thyroid cancer. She had total thyroidectomy with pathology demonstrating bilateral well-differentiated papillary thyroid cancer measuring up to 1.0 cm and positive margins. Approximately 1 month after surgery, I whole-body scan was obtained. Planar images demonstrated linear I uptake in the thorax, compatible with accumulation in the neoesophagus. Given the patient's postsurgical anatomy, SPECT/CT of the thorax was done and demonstrated additional focal 123I uptake in the left lower neck, compatible with residual thyroid tissue versus thyroid cancer (lymph node metastasis).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | e150-e151 |
| Journal | Clinical nuclear medicine |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 21 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging