Related Experiment Video For Differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Updated: Aug 15, 2026

Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Published on: September 15, 2023
Post-therapy radioiodine imaging characterizes occult metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma years after
Chanchan Shan1, Shichen Xu2, Aisheng Zhong1
1Department of Oncology, Jiangyuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Abstract:
Occult differentiated thyroid carcinoma may become clinically evident years after thyroidectomy performed for presumed benign multinodular goiter, presenting an important diagnostic challenge. Following CT-guided biopsy confirmation of metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma of thyroid follicular-cell origin, post-therapy ¹³¹I scintigraphy and SPECT/CT demonstrated multifocal iodine-avid pulmonary metastases and defined the functional extent of disease. These images illustrate the complementary value of post-therapy radioiodine imaging in characterizing iodine avidity and metastatic disease distribution.
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