/sup 201/Tl-chloride thyroid scintigraphy to evaluate benign and/or malignant nodules: usefulness of the delayed scan

Journal Article · Thu Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19820715)50:2<236::AID-CNCR2820500213>3.0.CO;2-V· OSTI ID:6718420

Ochi, H; Sawa, H; Fukuda, T; Inoue, Y; Nakajima, H; Masuda, Y; Okamura, T; Onoyama, Y; Sugano, S; Ohkita, H; Tei, Y; Kamino, K; Kobayashi, Y

The purpose of this study is to evaluate benign and/or malignant thyroid tumors with /sup 201/Tl thyroid scan. Researchers studied 76 cases of histologically verified thyroid tumors, all seen as cold nodules on the /sup 123/I thyroid scan. /sup 201/Tl thyroid scan was performed 5-15 minutes (early scan) and 3-5 hours (delayed scan) after intravenous administration of 1.5-2.0 mCi of /sup 201/Tl. In 35 (94.6%) of 36 malignant tumors (anaplastic carcinoma, six; papillary carcinoma 23; follicular carcinoma, five; epidermoid carcinoma, one; malignant lymphoma, 1) /sup 201/Tl accumulated in the cold nodule of the /sup 123/I thyroid scan on both early and delayed scans. On the other hand, the delayed /sup 201/Tl scan was negative in 35 out of 39 (89.7%) benign tumors. Employing early and delayed /sup 201/Tl scans, researchers were able to differentiate most malignant thyroid tumors from those which were benign. False-negative and -positive cases are discussed.

• Research Organization: Osaka City University Medical School, Japan
• OSTI ID: 6718420
• Journal Information: Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States), Vol. 50:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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