131I Whole-Body Scan Incidental Uptake Due to Spermatocele

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Nov;42(11):901-904. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001838.

Abstract

A 46-year-old man with papillary thyroid cancer post total thyroidectomy was referred for post radioiodine (I) whole-body scan. Whole-body images revealed intense I uptake in the bed thyroid and a focal abnormal uptake in the testicular area. Subsequent SPECT/CT demonstrated that the focal uptake corresponded to the left epididymis, and the pathology report revealed a spermatocele with no immunohistochemical features for thyroid tissue. Many cases of unexpected radioiodine uptake have been reported, and spermatocele could be counted for another possibility of incidental I uptake despite an unclear mechanism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / complications
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / metabolism*
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Spermatocele / complications
  • Spermatocele / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spermatocele / metabolism*
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / complications
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Whole Body Imaging*

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes