TABLE 1

Incremental Value of SPECT/CT with Respect to Planar Imaging in Relationship to Number of Foci of Radioiodine Uptake

Planar and SPECT/CT imagingNo. of DTC patients (n = 117)
Concordantly negative58 (49.6%)
Concordantly positive52 (44.4%)
 With same number of foci on planar imaging and SPECT/CT42 (35.9%)
 With higher number of foci on SPECT/CT than on planar imaging10 (8.5%)
Discordant
 Planar imaging negative and SPECT/CT positive7 (6.0%)