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Case Reports
. 2001 Apr;74(880):378-81.
doi: 10.1259/bjr.74.880.740378.

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

P F Kao  1 , H Y Chang, M F Tsai, K J Lin, K Y Tzen, C N Chang
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Case Reports

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

P F Kao et al. Br J Radiol. 2001 Apr.

Abstract

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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