Published October 2020
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Journal article
Asymptomatic large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation masquerading as a metastatic deposit in a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma
- 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin (India)
Description
Adult cases of congenital arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the mediastinum are extremely rare, and because of their varied clinical presentations, they pose a diagnostic challenge. There is no reported association of pulmonary AVM and papillary thyroid carcinoma. We describe a 38-year-old female with a large right lung AVM, multinodular goiter, and high serum thyroglobulin (Tg) with papillary thyroid carcinoma. The lung mass was believed to represent a pulmonary metastatic deposit due to high Tg value. Whole body I-131 scan and FDG PETMR imaging were performed as part of the workup. (author)
Additional details
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 35
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 326-329
- ISSN
- 0972-3919
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 52084753
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CT-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; GLOBULINS; IODINE 131; LUNGS; MALFORMATIONS; METASTASES; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY