Recurrent follicular carcinoma-oxyphilic cell type (Hürthle cell carcinoma) of the thyroid, imaging with iodine-131 and technetium-99m tetrofosmin before and after radiotherapy

Br J Radiol. 1998 Jan;71(841):87-9. doi: 10.1259/bjr.71.841.9534706.

Abstract

A 68-year-old male with recurrence of malignant follicular carcinoma-oxyphilic cell type of the thyroid after surgery underwent whole body scintigraphy with 131I-sodium iodide and 99Tcm-tetrofosmin (Myoview). 131I scanning demonstrated local uptake most likely to be in the normal remnant, but 99Tcm-Myoview images delineated recurrence of the carcinoma in the neck, with more extensive involvement. We believe that a combination of 131I and 99Tcm-tetrofosmin imaging may be useful to assess the extent of disease in patients with recurrent Hürthle cell type carcinoma of the thyroid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / radiotherapy
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / radiotherapy

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin