Abstract

Intense thyroidal Ga-67 accumulation was seen in a man with AIDS imaged for suspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Concurrent Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid scanning demonstrated absent trapping, helping establish the diagnosis of painless thyroiditis. Occult hyperthyroidism, and not pulmonary infection, may have been responsible for the patient's original presenting symptoms.

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