Breast uptake of iodine-131 mimicking lung metastases in a thyroid cancer patient with a pituitary tumour

Authors
Kao, PF Chang, HY Tsai, MF Lin, KJ Tzen, KY Chang, CN
Citation
Pf. Kao et al., Breast uptake of iodine-131 mimicking lung metastases in a thyroid cancer patient with a pituitary tumour, BR J RADIOL, 74(880), 2001, pp. 378-381
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00071285 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
880
Year of publication
2001
Pages
378 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We report a case of a 44-year-old female thyroid cancer patient with a pitu itary tumour. I-131 whole body scanning showed a change of chest uptake fro m a unilateral crescent uptake to a bilateral full breast uptake pattern. H yperprolactinaemia and a pituitary tumour were diagnosed as a result of obs erving the I-131 breast uptake.