Reverse discordant behavior and progressive filling of a cold nodule on Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid imaging

D Huot; Q T Ton-That; L Le Bel; L Carrier; M Picard

doi:10.1097/00003072-199001000-00002

Reverse discordant behavior and progressive filling of a cold nodule on Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 1990 Jan;15(1):5-7. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199001000-00002.

Authors

D Huot¹, Q T Ton-That, L Le Bel, L Carrier, M Picard

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Luc, University of Montreal, Canada.

PMID: 2155084
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199001000-00002

Abstract

The authors report on a patient with reverse discordant behavior between Tc-99m pertechnetate and I-131 associated with progressive filling of a cold nodule on the Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan. Possible mechanisms are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes*
Predictive Value of Tests
Radionuclide Imaging
Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m*
Thyroid Diseases / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Iodine Radioisotopes
Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m