99mTc-Pertechnetate-SPECT/US Hybrid Imaging Enhances Diagnostic Certainty Compared With Conventional Thyroid Imaging With Scintigraphy and Ultrasound

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Oct;43(10):747-748. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002241.

Abstract

Evaluation of thyroid ultrasound and Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy side by side frequently produces ambiguous results regarding the correct assignment of anatomy and functionality of a nodule. We describe the usefulness of Tc-pertechnetate-SPECT/US-fusion imaging. A 75-year-old woman was referred for exclusion of cold nodules. After conventional diagnostics (in vitro thyroid parameters, B mode-US, planar Tc-pertechnetate-thyroid scintigraphy), a SPECT was performed using a conventional gamma camera. The SPECT data set was transferred to an ultrasound device (LOGIQ E9), and sensor-navigated 3D ultrasound was performed. Both data sets (SPECT/US) were fused in real time, revealing the exact functional state of multiple nodules.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m*
  • Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m