Case 13

Clinical History:

A 42 year old woman with hyperthyroidism had a Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan on 4/24/98 (shown on the top row; the last image has a marker on the sternal notch).  An iodine-123 thyroid scan was performed on 6/17/98 (shown on the bottom row; the last image has a marker on the sternal notch and a second marker 10 cm above the sternal notch).  The 24 hour iodine uptake at the time of the second scan was 42.6%.

Thyroid Scans

Diagnosis

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J. Anthony Parker, MD PhD, Tony_Parker@bidmc.harvard.edu