Incidentally Visualization of the Thymus on Whole-Body Iodine Scintigraphy: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Latest Insights

Radioiodine uptake is not commonly seen by the thymus gland. On the contrary, the gland is slowly replaced by fat after puberty. Herein, we present 2 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular variant, and cervical lymph node involvement. After total/near-total thyroidectomy, the patients...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2015-07, Vol.94 (26), p.e1015-e1015
Main Authors: Haghighatafshar, Mahdi, Farhoudi, Farinaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Papillary
Clinical Case Report
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Iodine
Iodine Radioisotopes
Radionuclide Imaging
Thymus Gland - diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Gland - diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Radioiodine uptake is not commonly seen by the thymus gland. On the contrary, the gland is slowly replaced by fat after puberty. Herein, we present 2 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular variant, and cervical lymph node involvement. After total/near-total thyroidectomy, the patients received I for ablation therapy. On posttreatment radioiodine scintigraphy, mediastinal I uptake was noted that finally was histologically/anatomically diagnosed as thymus gland uptake. It should be borne in mind as a potential cause of false-positive whole-body I scintigraphy.
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000001015