Incidental parathyroid adenoma mimicking tumor recurrence in a patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2006 Feb;31(2):74-6. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000195918.76677.53.

Abstract

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with a history of follicular thyroid cancer who had reoperation for suspected local tumor recurrence as laboratory (tumor marker), imaging findings (ultrasound, I-131 scintigraphy and Tc-99m-MIBI scintigraphy), and also fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology were equivocal. However, postoperative histopathology revealed a parathyroid adenoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Parathyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*