Fukata S, Tamai H, Matsubayashi S, Nagai K, Hirota Y, Matsuzuka F, Katayama S, Kuma K, Nagataki S
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eur J Nucl Med. 1987;13(6):313-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00256559.
A 70-year-old woman presented with a nodule in the thyroid gland. 131I scintigraphy of the gland showed a hot nodule. Histology of the resected thyroid revealed a papillary adenocarcinoma. Although a thyroid carcinoma with a hot nodule seen on the radioiodine isotope scan is a very rare occurrence, it is clinically very important because it may indicate a thyroid malignancy.