Mediastinal Images Resembling Thymus Following 131-I Treatment for Thyroid Cancer | Zendy

Liliana Montella | Zendy; Michele Caraglia | Zendy; A. Abbruzzese | Zendy; Andrea Soricelli | Zendy; M Caputi | Zendy; G Squame | Zendy; Marco Salvatore | Zendy; Salvatore Del Prete | Zendy; Giovannella Palmieri | Zendy

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Mediastinal Images Resembling Thymus Following 131-I Treatment for Thyroid Cancer

Author(s) -

Liliana Montella,

Michele Caraglia,

A. Abbruzzese,

Andrea Soricelli,

M Caputi,

G Squame,

Marco Salvatore,

Salvatore Del Prete,

Giovannella Palmieri

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

monaldi archives for chest disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 2465-101X

pISSN - 1122-0643

DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2005.649

Subject(s) - thyroid cancer , thyroid , medicine , thyroglobulin , pathological , pathology , hyperplasia , differential diagnosis , cancer , radiology

The follow-up of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer conventionally includes serum thyroglobulin and periodic Whole Body Scans. The uptake of 131-I in normal and pathological tissues different from metastatic thyroid cancer sites is a cause of false-positive scans. Among them, mediastinal uptake caused by thymic hyperplasia can be observed. The aim of the present study was to review a series of 573 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer treated with 131-I after surgery between 1992 and 2003 looking above all for those with mediastinal images resembling thymus. This evaluation is presented together with some hypotheses on the relationships between thymus and thyroid. Moreover, some considerations are made on the differential diagnosis between thymus and mediastinal tumour thyroid residues.

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