Technitium-99 Scan (Pre-op) | Histopathological diagnosis |
Solitary cold nodule 33 | Papillary carcinoma 10 (30.30%) Colloid goitre 9 (27.27%) Follicular adenoma 7 (1.22%) Medullary carcinoma 3 (9.09%) Hurthle cell adenoma 2 (6.06%) Adenomatous colloid goitre 2 (6.06%) |
Enlarged lobe/gland with patches of decreased tracer uptake 7 | Papillary carcinoma 3 (42.86%) Colloid goitre 2 (28.56%) Multinodulular goitre 1 (14.29%) Adenomatous colloid goitre 1 (14.29%) |
Normal tracer uptake 3 | Papillary carcinoma 2 (66.67%) Follicular adenoma 1 (33.33%) |
Thyromegaly with a cold nodule 2 | Papillary carcinoma 1 (50%) Multinodular goitre 1 (50%) |
Increased tracer uptake in neck node with both lobes of thyroid appearing normal in size & shape 2 | Papillary carcinoma thyroid metastasis level III node of R1 (50%) Papillary carcinoma thyroid with metastasis in level III node on L1 (50%) |
Grossly enlarged left lobe with nodular calcification of both lobes of the thyroid gland 1 | Papillary carcinoma of left lobe of thyroid gland 1 (100%) |
Autonomous nodule in right lobe with suppressed rest of the gland 1 | Papillary carcinoma of the left lobe 1 (100%) |
Poorly visualized both lobes of thyroid 1 | Papillary carcinoma of thyroid 1 (100%) |