Published January 1993 | Version v1
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Visualization of the thymus with therapeutic doses of radioiodine in patients with thyroid cancer

Creators

  • 1. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Nuclear Medicine
  • 2. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Pathology Section
  • 3. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Surgery 2
  • 4. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Surgery 1
  • 5. Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Radiology

Description

Two cases of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid are presented in which whole-body scans following therapeutic doses of iodine-131 revealed intense anterior mediastinal uptake. In both cases, the mediastinal uptake was absent from scans obtained after removal of the entire thymus. Histologically, the resected thymus glands showed hyperplasia and contained neither thyroid tissue nor metastatic foci of thyroid carcinoma. We therefore concluded that anterior mediastinal uptake of radioiodine may be caused by hyperplasia of the thymus. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 75-79.
ISSN
0340-6997
CODEN
EJNMD9

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
24015194
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGES; IODINE 131; MEDIASTINUM; PATIENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTISCANNING; THYMUS; THYROID; UPTAKE
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; BODY AREAS; CHEST; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAMMALS; MAN; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES