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3988552

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Forty thoracic CT scans have been performed on 27 patients with micronodular lung metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Lung nodules were visualized in 14 out of 19 patients (78%) with functioning lung metastases, although their chest X rays were normal. However, only a small number of peripheral micronodules can be visualized by CT scan since the central micronodules remain undistinguishable from adjacent vessel structures. A close relationship has been found between the number of micronodules and the thyroglobulin (Tg) serum level. In patients previously treated by 131I for proven lung metastases and who had no uptake for several years, but in whom Tg remained detectable in the serum, CT scans have shown micronodules in 7 of the 13 patients with normal chest X rays. The present data suggest that these nodules are mainly a result of fibrosis. CT scanning appears to be an important complementary tool with regard to 131I whole body scintigraphies in the radiologic diagnosis of lung nodules and in the assessment of radioiodine therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0360-3016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1023-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with micronodular lung metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article