Publication: Intrathoracic stomach mimicking bone metastasis from thyroid cancer in whole-body iodine-131 scan diagnosed by SPECT/CT.
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2017-02-13
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García-Gómez, Francisco Javier
la Riva-Pérez, Pablo Antonio de
Calvo-Morón, Cinta
Buján-Lloret, Cristina
Cambil-Molina, Teresa
Castro-Montaño, Juan
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The whole-body iodine-131 scintigraphy is an imaging technique in monitoring patients with a history of thyroid cancer. Although the rate of false positives is negligible, it is not nonexistent. We report the case of an intervened and treated patient for thyroid cancer with good clinical and biochemical response. Scintigraphic findings were consistent with unsuspected bone metastasis. Fused SPECT/CT data allowed accurate diagnosis of giant diaphragmatic hernia associated with intrathoracic stomach, a very rare pathology that can lead to false positive results.
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Bone Neoplasms
Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Papillary
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hernia, Diaphragmatic
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
Stomach
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Neoplasms
Whole Body Imaging
Bone Neoplasms
Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Papillary
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hernia, Diaphragmatic
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
Stomach
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Neoplasms
Whole Body Imaging