Incidental thyroid 99mTc-MDP uptake in a patient affected by differentiated thyroid cancer | Zendy

Domenico Albano | Zendy; Gian Carlo Magri | Zendy; Giorgio Treglia | Zendy; Francesco Bertagna | Zendy

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Incidental thyroid 99mTc-MDP uptake in a patient affected by differentiated thyroid cancer

Author(s) -

Domenico Albano,

Gian Carlo Magri,

Giorgio Treglia,

Francesco Bertagna

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

nuclear medicine review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1644-4345

pISSN - 1506-9680

DOI - 10.5603/nmr.2016.0030

Subject(s) - medicine , bone scintigraphy , radiology , thyroid , thyroid cancer , scintigraphy , thyroid carcinoma , radiation therapy , quadrantectomy , nodule (geology) , nuclear medicine , cancer , breast cancer , mastectomy , paleontology , biology

We report a case of incidental uptake of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate in the thyroid in a 62-year-old female with a history of breast cancer treated with quadrantectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, who underwent total-body-bone scintigraphy during follow up. Planar scintigraphy was followed by neck SPECT-CT that demonstrated an area of increased tracer uptake in the neck at the left lobe of the thyroid. Neck ultrasonography showed a nodule corresponding to SPECT-CT finding and the ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration documented the presence of papillary carcinoma. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and ipsilateral lymphadenectomy; histological examination confirmed the presence of a papillary carcinoma and the patient underwent ablation therapy with iodine-131.

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