Thyroid carcinoma presenting as a pertechnetate ''Hot'' nodule, but with $sup 131$I uptake: case report

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · J. Nucl. Med., v. 17, no. 1, pp. 22-23

OSTI ID:4128280

Turner, J W; Spencer, R P

A 24-year-old woman presented with a mass on the right side of the neck; this proved to be a hyperfunctioning or hot nodule on /sup 99m/Tc-scan. Because of the firmness of the area, the study was repeated with $sup 131$I, but the region did not accumulate radioiodide. The tissue showing this discrepant handling of pertechnetate and radioiodide was surgically removed and identified as a follicular carcinoma with papillary foci. A brief review of the literature data on the disassociation of thyroid trapping and organification functions, and hence of possible discrepancies between pertechnetate and radioiodide uptake, is given. (auth)

• Research Organization: Wesson Memorial Hospital, Springfield, MA
• NSA Number: NSA-33-009707
• OSTI ID: 4128280
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med., v. 17, no. 1, pp. 22-23, Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med., v. 17, no. 1, pp. 22-23; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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