Follicular Thyroid Cancer With Nose-Tip Metastasis and 131I Uptake. (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yao, Shan-Fan; Lee, Chiang-Hsuan; Chiu, Chuang-Hsin; Fan, Yu-Ming; Huang, Wen-Sheng
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 10(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma -- nose tip -- 131I avid; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003072
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: We present a 56-year-old woman with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer at the nose tip with 131 I uptake that is clinically rare, mimicking physiological uptake in the nose, a common finding seen after routine 131 I therapeutic imaging. The lesion revealed a metastatic follicular thyroid cancer with 131 I uptake and response to 131 I therapy. Surgical removal, however, was not performed due to cosmetic and functional considerations. Active surveillance is warranted owing to its relative aggressiveness in nature.