Usefulness of SPECT/CT in the Diagnosis of Intrathoracic Goiter versus Metastases From Cancer of the Breast

Christine Elisabeth Dümcke; Jan Lysgård Madsen

Usefulness of SPECT/CT in the Diagnosis of Intrathoracic Goiter versus Metastases From Cancer of the Breast

Christine Elisabeth Dümcke, Jan Lysgård Madsen

Funktions- og Billeddiagnostisk Enhed, Klinisk Fysiologisk Sektion

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Abstract

A 77-year-old woman was referred because of local reoccurrence of cancer of the breast. Chest x-ray showed a mediastinal tumor with dislocation of the trachea to the right. A Tc-99m pertechnetate scan showed irregular tracer uptake in an enlarged left lobe of the thyroid gland. Ultrasound confirmed the diagnosis of a nodular goiter with intrathoracic growth of the left lobe. A SPECT/CT scan of the mediastinum clearly showed that the soft tissue tumor was the left lobe of the thyroid gland, and not lymphatic metastases.
Udgivelsesdato: Feb.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Vol/bind	32
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	156-9
Antal sider	4
Status	Udgivet - 2007

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Usefulness of SPECT/CT in the Diagnosis of Intrathoracic Goiter versus Metastases From Cancer of the Breast

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