PMID- 28932970
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180112
LR  - 20190221
IS  - 1826-6983 (Electronic)
IS  - 0033-8362 (Linking)
VI  - 123
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Jan
TI  - Computed tomography features of the major salivary glands after radioactive 
      iodine ablation in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
PG  - 20-27
LID - 10.1007/s11547-017-0815-x [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: No previous study has investigated computed tomography (CT) features 
      of the major salivary glands (MSGs) after postoperative radioactive iodine 
      ablation (RIA). This study aimed to assess CT features of the MSGs after RIA in 
      patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS: The study population 
      comprised consecutively registered PTC patients who had undergone total 
      thyroidectomy, RIA, follow-up neck ultrasonography (US), and neck CT. The US and 
      CT features of the parotid and submandibular glands in each patient were 
      retrospectively evaluated by a single radiologist. Post-RIA changes were 
      determined by comparisons between follow-up neck US results (main reference) and 
      between preoperative and post-RIA neck CT features. RESULTS: Of the 28 patients, 
      13 (46.4%) showed post-RIA changes in the parotid glands (n = 8), submandibular 
      glands (n = 0), or both (n = 5) on neck CT. Of the 56 MSGs in 28 patients, 
      post-RIA changes were more common in the parotid glands (n = 23, 41.1%) than in 
      the submandibular glands (n = 8, 14.3%). The common CT findings of post-RIA 
      changes in the parotid gland included low parenchymal attenuation, decreased 
      glandular size, a lobulated margin, decreased or increased parenchymal 
      enhancement, and an inhomogeneous enhancement pattern, whereas common CT findings 
      of post-RIA changes in the submandibular gland included decreased glandular size, 
      a lobulated margin, iso-enhancement, and an inhomogeneous enhancement pattern. 
      CONCLUSION: The common CT features of post-RIA changes in MSGs include decreased 
      glandular size, a lobulated margin, and an inhomogeneous enhancement pattern.
FAU - Kim, Dong Wook
AU  - Kim DW
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9826-1326
AD  - Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of 
      Medicine, 75, Bokji-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan, 47392, South Korea. dwultra@nate.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170920
PL  - Italy
TA  - Radiol Med
JT  - La Radiologia medica
JID - 0177625
RN  - 0 (Iodine Isotopes)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Carcinoma, Papillary/*radiotherapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iodine Isotopes/*therapeutic use
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Parotid Gland/*diagnostic imaging/*radiation effects
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
MH  - Thyroid Neoplasms/*radiotherapy
MH  - *Tomography, X-Ray Computed
MH  - Ultrasonography
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Computed tomography
OT  - Major salivary gland
OT  - Papillary thyroid carcinoma
OT  - Radioactive iodine ablation
EDAT- 2017/09/22 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/13 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/22 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/09/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/09/22 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11547-017-0815-x [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11547-017-0815-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Radiol Med. 2018 Jan;123(1):20-27. doi: 10.1007/s11547-017-0815-x. Epub 2017 Sep 
      20.