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British Journal of Radiology 74 (2001),378-381 © 2001 The British Institute of Radiology

Case report

Breast uptake of iodine-131 mimicking lung metastases in a thyroid cancer patient with a pituitary tumour

P-F Kao, MD, ScM1, H-Y Chang, MD2, M-F Tsai, MD1, K-J Lin, MD1, K-Y Tzen, MD, ScM1 and C-N Chang, MD3

1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, 5 Fu-Hsing Street, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan
2 Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Memorial Hospital, 199 Tung Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan

in final form 11 December 2000

We report a case of a 44-year-old female thyroid cancer patient with a pituitary tumour. 131I whole body scanning showed a change of chest uptake from a unilateral crescent uptake to a bilateral full breast uptake pattern. Hyperprolactinaemia and a pituitary tumour were diagnosed as a result of observing the 131I breast uptake.






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