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Seat belt-related thyroiditis documented with thyroid Tc-99m pertechnetate scans
R G Leckie1, A B Buckner, M Bornemann
1Department of Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 64-year-old man presented with clinical unilateral thyroiditis after chronic left neck trauma from his car seat belt. Thyroid function tests were normal. The initial thyroid Tc-99m pertechnetate scan demonstrated decreased uptake in the entire left lobe of the thyroid. The follow-up scan 1 month later showed a more normal uptake in the left lobe. This patient's clinical course, laboratory values, and nuclear medicine scans are compatible with thyroiditis secondary to trauma sustained from his seat belt.