Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, No. 4, Jalan P7, Presint 7, 62550 Putrajaya, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 2015 Sep;49(3):246-7.
PMID: 26279701 DOI: 10.1007/s13139-015-0330-8

Abstract

We reported a rare finding of isolated pericardial uptake detected by SPECT/CT on posttherapeutic radioiodine whole body scan. This case highlights the usefulness of hybrid SPECT/CT, with subsequent correlation with biochemical results, in ruling out metastatic pericardial effusion in the postsurgical radioiodine remnant ablation setting. The effusion was resolved after reinstituted thyroid replacement therapy. Recombinant thyrotropin is recommended to avoid such rare but life-threatening complication.

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