An Incidental Finding of Subcutaneous Hemangioma During 99mTcO4 Salivary Gland Scintigraphy

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Oct;43(10):e360-e362. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002218.

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman with papillary thyroid cancer prepared for I ablation after total thyroidectomy. With a history of type 2 diabetes for 10 years, she recently presented with periodontitis, candidiasis, and mouth dryness. TcO4 scintigraphy was ordered to evaluate function of the salivary glands. The scintigraphy incidentally found a focal TcO4 uptake in the left supraclavicular region. The subsequent neck ultrasonography showed a hypoechoic soft tissue mass with heterogeneous hypervascularity, suggestive of hemangioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biological Transport
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangioma / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Salivary Glands / diagnostic imaging*
  • Salivary Glands / metabolism
  • Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m* / metabolism
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy

Substances

  • Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m