Open AccessUtility of Iodine-131 hybrid SPECT-CT fusion imaging before high-dose radioiodine therapy in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Author(s) -
Anish Bhattacharya,
Sunil Hejjaji Venkataramarao,
Chandra Sekhar Bal,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.63599
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid cancer , nuclear medicine , radiology , radioiodine therapy , iodine , thyroid , papillary thyroid cancer , computed tomographic , thyroidectomy , computed tomography , metallurgy , materials science
The management protocol for differentiated thyroid cancer includes whole body iodine-131 imaging, to detect residual thyroid tissue and distant metastasis, after thyroidectomy. However, the diagnostic dose of radioiodine may fail to detect the non-functioning or poorly functioning metastasis. We present a case where hybrid single photon-emission computed tomographic and computed tomographic (SPECT-CT) fusion imaging, using a diagnostic dose of iodine-131, was able to detect both functioning as well as non-functioning pulmonary metastases, prior to high-dose radioiodine therapy.