The clinical significance of unusual sites of thallium-201 uptake

C U R R E N T L Y , Thallium-201 (2~ is the major radionuclide for myocardial perfusion imaging. To a lesser extent it is also used for the detection of parathyroid adenoma and hyperplasia. In addition thyroid and pulmonary malignancies, as well as various brain tumors have been studied with =~ Two instructive cases of extra cardiac 2~ uptake are presented in this report. Isitman, Robert S. Hellman, and David C. Peck