Nucl Med Mol Imaging.
2018 Dec;52(6):468-472. 10.1007/s13139-018-0554-5.
Evaluation of Hot Nodules of Thyroid Gland Using Tc-99m Pertechnetate: a Novel Approach Using Quantitative Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography
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- 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 82, Gumi-ro 173 Beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13620, South Korea. wwlee@snu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
- 3Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
- KMID: 2431985
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-018-0554-5
Abstract
- Planar scintigraphy using Tc-99mpertechnetate is useful for snapshot evaluation of hot thyroid nodules, which are pathologically follicular adenoma and seldom, if ever, malignant. The autonomy of the hot nodules has been demonstrated by the presence of thyroid-stimulating hormone-dependent extra-nodular thyroid tissue besides the hot nodules. Here, we present two cases of hot thyroid nodules in patients who underwent quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT). In addition to the nodules, contralateral normal thyroid parenchyma was evaluated based on standardized uptake values. One patient had a traditional follicular adenoma suppressing other thyroid tissue, whereas the other patient seemed to have a nodule erupting from underlying hyperfunctioning, not suppressed, thyroid tissue. This novel approach using quantitative SPECT/CT unveils a new pathology of hot thyroid nodule that does not suppress, but coincides with hyperfunctioning thyroid tissue.
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