Thallium-201 uptake in a benign thymoma

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198607000-00020· OSTI ID:5094495

Campeau, R J; Ey, E H; Varma, D G

A 68-year-old woman was admitted with atypical angina. A chest radiograph showed an anterior mediastinal mass that was confirmed on CT. The mass was relatively avascular and separate from the heart and great vessels. She underwent stress thallium testing that demonstrated no exercise-induced ischemia; however, an abnormal focus of thallium activity was present in the anterior mediastinum on stress and redistribution images. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated a normal left ventriculogram, coronary arteries and thoracic aorta. Subsequent surgery and pathologic examination revealed the mass to be a benign thymoma arising in the right lobe of the thymus gland.

• Research Organization: Tulane Univ. Medical Center Hospital and Clinic, New Orleans, LA
• OSTI ID: 5094495
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ADENOMAS
DIAGNOSIS
THALLIUM 201
UPTAKE
THYMUS
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
MEDIASTINUM
PATIENTS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY AREAS
CHEST
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
TOMOGRAPHY
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