Multiple Radioiodine-avid Skin Metastases From Thyroid Carcinoma Detected on Posttherapy 131I SPECT/CT
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000006654
- Dergi Adı: Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
- Anahtar Kelimeler: 131I, cutaneous metastases, RAI, skin metastases, thyroid cancer
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A 77-year-old man with papillary thyroid carcinoma had received radioactive iodine therapy for metastatic disease 8 years earlier and subsequently achieved remission. He represented with rising serum thyroglobulin levels, and biopsy of newly detected cutaneous lesions confirmed metastatic disease. Posttherapy 131I SPECT/CT after 200 mCi demonstrated multiple radioiodine-avid cutaneous metastases involving the scalp, left auricular region, anterior chest wall, and dorsal region. This case highlights an exceptionally uncommon presentation of extensive, multifocal, radioiodine-avid cutaneous metastases detected on post-therapy 131I SPECT/CT after a long disease-free interval.