Intrathoracic stomach mimicking bone metastasis from thyroid cancer in whole-body iodine-131 scan diagnosed by SPECT/CT
Arch. endocrinol. metab. (Online)
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61(3): 288-290, May-June 2017. graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
SUMMARY 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.
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Main subject:
Bone Neoplasms
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Carcinoma
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Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
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Hernia, Diaphragmatic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. endocrinol. metab. (Online)
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
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Metabolism
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain
Institution/Affiliation country:
Virgen Macarena University Hospital/ES
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