%0 Journal Article
%T Mediastinal goiter diagnosed by functional imaging
%A G Michels
%A M Dietlein
%A C Kobe
%A R Pfister
%J Libyan Journal of Medicine
%D 2012
%I 
%X A 63-year-old asymptomatic woman with cured Hodgkin diseases presented for restaging. The chest computed tomography showed a mass at the right side of the upper mediastinum. The benignity and the origin of the tissue were unknown. First, we performed a bronchoscopy-guided biopsy but without success. In the next step, we initiated radionuclide imaging with technetium-99m pertechnetate (Tc-99m) and radioiodine (I-123). Low uptake of Tc-99m and intense accumulation of I-123 after 2 and 24 h to the mediastinal mass suggested that the mass was a mediastinal goiter. Based on iodine uptake and the fact that our patient had no symptoms of tracheal compression, we decide to go for a radioiodine therapy.
%U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ljm/article/view/73956