I-131 uptake in the breast for thyroid cancer surveillance with biopsy-proven benign tissue

Clin Nucl Med. 1998 Sep;23(9):585-7. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199809000-00004.

Abstract

A 37-year-old woman was seen for recurrent papillary carcinoma of the thyroid after thyroidectomy. After repeated surgery and I-131 therapy, follow-up I-131 scanning and thyroglobulin levels were negative. Subsequent I-131 surveillance, however, demonstrated bilateral breast uptake. A biopsy taken of this area in the right breast proved that the increased uptake was secondary to benign disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Breast / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Female
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thyroidectomy

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes