Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy in tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with negative radioiodine scan

Kaya M., Çermik T. F.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine, cilt.33, sa.9, ss.615-618, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/rlu.0b013e3181813035
  • Dergi Adı: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.615-618
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tall cell variant, Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy, Thyroid carcinoma
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report on a 45-year-old man who had a mass on the wall of the anterior right hemithorax. An excisional biopsy indicated carcinoma metastasis from thyroid malignancy. Tc-99m methoxyisobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy revealed markedly increased activity on the left side of the thyroid and the thoracic wall mass. Postoperative histology revealed a tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Whole body scintigraphy after radioiodine treatment was negative twice. However, Tc-99m MIBI and bone scintigraphy showed multiple soft tissue and bone metastases in the follow-up period. He died 3 years later because of complications of distant lung metastases. © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.