Epidermal Cyst Mimicking Thyroid Cancer Metastasis

Clin Nucl Med. 2023 Jan 1;48(1):66-68. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004414. Epub 2022 Sep 28.

Abstract

A 26-year-old woman with pulmonary metastasis of thyroid cancer underwent a total thyroidectomy and cervical lymph node dissection followed by 2 courses of 131I therapy. The posttherapeutic whole-body scan after the second dose of 131I therapy showed diffuse tracer uptake in both lungs. Besides this, there is a local abnormal radiotracer uptake in the left axillary region. SPECT/CT images localized this abnormal radioactivity in a subcutaneous, oval-shaped, approximately 2.2-cm slightly hyperdense lesion, which was pathologically confirmed as an epidermal cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Epidermal Cyst* / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Thyroidectomy / methods

Substances

  • Iodine-131
  • Iodine Radioisotopes