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Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Visualization in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Published on: June 9, 2023
Esophageal Cancer Diagnosed by Thyroid Scintigraphy
María de la Cinta Calvo-Morón1, Francisco Javier García-Gómez, Pablo Antonio de la Riva-Pérez
1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
Abstract:
We report a 34-year-old man referred because of increasing dysphagia secondary to goiter. Thyroid scintigraphy and SPECT/CT images helped to recognize an unsuspected esophageal dilation due to a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma arising at the lower end of the esophagus. Further examinations are mandatory when abnormal activities are observed during thyroid scintigraphy.
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