Radiotracer uptake in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid

Clin Nucl Med. 1980 Feb;5(2):45-8. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198002000-00001.

Abstract

A patient with pathologically confirmed medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with lymph node metastases was noted to show uptake of radiothallium, radiopertechnetate, and radioiodine. A perchlorate washout test was markedly positive, indicating that the uptake was largely due to trapping.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Radioisotopes*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Technetium*
  • Thallium*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Radioisotopes
  • Technetium
  • Thallium