Hodgkin's disease with hypercalcemia detected by thallium-201 scintigraphy
Description
A 53-yr-old man with hypercalcemia was referred after an unsuccessful operative attempt to find a parathyroid adenoma. Metabolic evaluation showed relatively suppressed levels of parathyroid hormone with an elevation of serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Thallium-technetium dual isotope imaging revealed localized mediastinal thallium uptake. A vascular mediastinal lesion was then demonstrated by arteriography, with subsequent surgical removal of a mass that proved to be lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's disease. This case is noteworthy for the finding of isolated lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin's disease in the chest, the association of elevated serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D with hypercalcemia that resolved postoperatively, and the uptake of thallium by the tumor
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Nucl. Med.
- Journal Issue
- no.1
- Series
- J. Nucl. Med.
- ISSN
- 0022-3123
- CODEN
- JNMEA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18051578
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCIUM; DIAGNOSIS; DUAL-ISOTOPE SUBTRACTION TEC; HODGKINS DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM; PARATHORMONE; PARATHYROID GLANDS; SCINTISCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99; THALLIUM 201; UPTAKE; VITAMIN D
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; BODY AREAS; CHEST; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; HORMONES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LYMPHOMAS; METALS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THALLIUM ISOTOPES; TRACER TECHNIQUES; VITAMINS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES