Extrathyroidal Radioiodine Accumulation in a Fibroadenoma of the Breast

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Feb;42(2):e123-e125. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001421.

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman with a differentiated thyroid carcinoma received adjuvant radioiodine therapy following total thyroidectomy and left modified radical neck dissection. A posttherapy planar radioiodine scan showed multifocal uptake in the thyroid bed and left chest. SPECT/CT revealed a fibroadenoma in the left breast. Six months later, an I scan showed no iodine avidity in the breast fibroadenoma, whereas ultrasonography showed no significant change in the size of the fibroadenoma. Altered radioiodine uptake of a breast fibroadenoma can be observed on follow-up scans after cytotoxic radioiodide treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma / radiotherapy*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Fibroadenoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes*
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals