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1324127

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred patients, each with a solitary thyroid nodule detected by clinical palpation, underwent three-phase Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid imaging. The degree of perfusion of the thyroid nodule was classified as hypo-perfused, euperfused, or hyperperfused compared to the remainder of the gland by a consensus of three nuclear medicine physicians. The nodules were subsequently biopsied, and the degree of perfusion of the nodules was correlated with their histologic diagnosis. Twenty-two nodules were classified as hyperperfused, 64 as euperfused, and 14 as hypoperfused. Malignancy rates of the hyperperfused, euperfused, and hypoperfused nodules were 36%, 31% and 0%, respectively. This seems to indicate that malignant thyroid nodules demonstrate a degree of perfusion at least equal to or greater than the rest of the thyroid gland. Conversely, none of the hypoperfused nodules was found to be malignant. The perfusion phase of thyroid imaging may provide useful clinical information regarding possible malignancy of a thyroid nodule.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0363-9762
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
617-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The usefulness of the dynamic phase in pertechnetate thyroid imaging for solitary hypofunctioning nodules.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Rochester Medical Center, Division of Nuclear Medicine, New York.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article