skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: A large substernal goiter as a cause of a pulmonary perfusion defect

Journal Article · · Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA)
;  [1]
  1. William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI (USA)
+ Show Author Affiliations

A pulmonary perfusion defect was caused by an extremely large anterior mediastinal mass subsequently proved by I-131 imaging to be an intrathoracic extension of a cervical goiter. Substernal goiter is not known to be reported previously as one of the causes of a perfusion defect in lung scanning.

OSTI ID:
5854792
Journal Information:
Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA), Vol. 15:11; ISSN 0363-9762
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Hyperthyroidism caused by a toxic intrathoracic goiter with a normal-sized cervical thyroid gland
Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5854792
+2 more
Effect of vasodilators on pulmonary perfusion defects in asthma using sequential Kr-81m perfusion imaging
Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5854792
+2 more
Evaluation of pulmonary perfusion in lung regions showing isolated xenon-133 ventilation washout defects
Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA) · OSTI ID:5854792
+1 more

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
LUNGS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
DIAGNOSIS
GOITER
IODINE 131
MAN
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISEASES
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
VERTEBRATES
550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics