Radioiodine Retention Within Dilated Common Biliary Duct Mimicking Metastatic Thyroid Cancer Diagnosed by the Combination of SPECT/CT and MRI

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Oct;45(10):787-788. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003054.

Abstract

A 55-year-old woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma under total thyroidectomy and cervical lymph node dissection was referred for I radioiodine therapy. Posttherapeutic whole-body scintigraphy revealed increased focal uptake in the right upper abdomen, which localized to the region of the head of the pancreas on SPECT/CT fusion images. Further evaluation with MRI affirmed the radioiodine retention corresponded to bile duct dilation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bile Ducts / diagnostic imaging
  • Bile Ducts / metabolism*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / metabolism*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes