Iwata Masahiro, Kasagi Kanji, Misaki Takashi, Iida Yasuhiro, Konishi Junji
Department of Radiology, Hikone Municipal Hospital, Shiga, Japan.
Ann Nucl Med. 2002 Jul;16(5):355-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02988621.
A 44-year-old euthyroid woman had two palpable nodules in the thyroid gland. 123I thyroid scintigraphy showed a hot nodule in the right lobe and a cold one in the left lobe. Total thyroidectomy was performed, and histopathologic examination revealed that both tumors contained papillary carcinoma. Thus, hot nodules on a thyroid scintigram with 123I do not necessarily preclude malignancy.
一名44岁甲状腺功能正常的女性甲状腺可触及两个结节。123I甲状腺闪烁扫描显示右叶有一个热结节,左叶有一个冷结节。行甲状腺全切术,组织病理学检查显示两个肿瘤均为乳头状癌。因此,123I甲状腺闪烁扫描显示的热结节不一定排除恶性病变。