Incidental Thyroid Nodule Noted on Intra-arterial Hepatic MAA Scan Before 90Y-SIRT

Sin-Di Lee; Chin Hu; Nan-Jing Peng

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001690

Incidental Thyroid Nodule Noted on Intra-arterial Hepatic MAA Scan Before 90Y-SIRT

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Aug;42(8):641-642. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001690.

Authors

Sin-Di Lee¹, Chin Hu, Nan-Jing Peng

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital; †Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung; and ‡National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 28525456
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001690

Abstract

We report a case of a 61-year-old man who had recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma admitted for series evaluation before Y selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT). Intra-arterial hepatic Tc macroaggregated albumin scan before Y-SIRT revealed a 2.7-cm incidental low-density thyroid nodule with hot uptake. TcO4 scan revealed corresponding hot uptake in the thyroid nodule with near background uptake of normal thyroid tissue, favored autonomous nodule. After Y-microsphere SIRT, bremstrallung imaging revealed no Y-microsphere deposition to thyroid.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Hepatic Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Incidental Findings*
Male
Microspheres
Middle Aged
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin* / chemistry
Thyroid Nodule / blood supply
Thyroid Nodule / diagnostic imaging*
Thyroid Nodule / radiotherapy*
Yttrium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*

Substances

Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
Yttrium Radioisotopes