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A 35-year-old woman affected by a well-differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma was referred to our hospital to perform a (131)Iodine ((131)I) whole body scintigraphy for restaging purpose. The patient had been previously treated with total thyroidectomy and three subsequent doses of (131)I for the ablation of a remnant jugular tissue and a suspected metastatic focus at the superior left hemi-thorax. In spite of the previous treatments with (131)I, planar and tomographic images showed the persistence of an area of increased uptake at the superior left hemi-thorax. This finding prompted the surgical resection of the lesion. Histological examination of the surgical specimen showed the presence of a pulmonary tissue consistent with pulmonary sequestration. Even though rare, pulmonary sequestration should be included in the potential causes of false-positive results of radioiodine scans.
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
August 2011,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
February 1997,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
September 2016,
Endocrine,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
January 2011,
Revista espanola de medicina nuclear,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
May 1998,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
May 2013,
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
June 2001,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
September 2012,
Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
April 2006,
Clinical nuclear medicine,
Elena Giulia Spinapolice, and
S Chytiris, and
C Fuccio, and
P Leporati, and
G Volpato, and
L Villani, and
G Trifirò, and
L Chiovato
July 1995,
Seminars in nuclear medicine,
