%0 Journal Article
%T Iodine 131 ablation of an obstructive lingual thyroid
%A Zeal Patel
%A Lester Johnson
%J Journal of Radiology Case Reports
%D 2009
%I EduRad Publishing
%R 10.3941/jrcr.v3i2.70
%X A 48-year-old woman undergoing surgery could not be intubated because of an oropharyngeal mass. CT and MRI revealed a 3 cm possible lingual thyroid mass, confirmed by Iodine-123 SPECT/CT. The patient underwent successful Iodine-131 ablation and has done well on thyroid hormone-replacement therapy. This case also demonstrates how modern cross-sectional imaging like SPECT/CT can appropriately be used in the patient diagnosis and management, and is of additional interest for including pre- and post-therapy MRI documenting efficacy morphologically.
%K lingual thyroid
%K radioactive iodine 131 ablation
%K SPECT
%K single photon emission computed tomography
%K MRI
%K magnetic resonance imaging
%K SPECT/CT
%K CT
%K computed tomography
%K 131Iodine
%K 131I
%U http://www.radiologycases.com/index.php/radiologycases/article/view/70