Single palpable thyroid nodule. Evaluation by /sup 99m/Tc-pertechnetate imaging
The role of /sup 99m/Tc-pertechnetate thyroid imaging in the preoperative assessment of patients with single palpable thyroid nodules was evaluated. The frequency of cancer in hypofunctional nodules was similar to that found in previous studies with $sup 131$I. The /sup 99m/Tc-pertechnetate image allowed a reliable separation of pathologically uninodular thyroids from those that were multinodular, and demonstrated multiple thyroid lesions that had not been detected by physical examination in over one-third of the cases. The frequency of cancer in thyroids containing a solitary or dominant hypofunctional nodule was higher (17 percent) than that in thyroids with a multinodular scan appearance (less than 5 percent). (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Washington Univ., St. Louis
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-029948
- OSTI ID:
- 4038202
- Journal Information:
- Cancer, v. 37, no. 1, pp. 258-265, Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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