Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Incidental Visualization of Thyroid Gland on Bone Scan Caused by Graves' Hyperthyroidism

뼈 스캔상 우연히 발견된 그레이브스 갑상선기능항진증에서 갑상선의 섭취증가

  • Sohn, Myung-Hee (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cyclotron Research Center, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Jeong, Hwan-Jeong (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cyclotron Research Center, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Wook (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cyclotron Research Center, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lim, Seok-Tae (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cyclotron Research Center, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
  • 손명희 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소, 사이클로트론연구소) ;
  • 정환정 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소, 사이클로트론연구소) ;
  • 김동욱 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소, 사이클로트론연구소) ;
  • 임석태 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 핵의학교실, 임상의학연구소, 사이클로트론연구소)
  • Published : 2009.04.30
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Abstract

A 45-year-old man presented with fatigue and weight loss underwent a Tc-99m MDP bone scan because of increased serum alkaline phosphatase. Delayed images at 4 hours demonstrated diffuse increased activity throughout both lobes of the thyroid in the absence of activity of the stomach and salivary glands. Thyroid laboratory indices and a Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan suggested Graves' hyperthyroidism.

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