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However, its side effects have not been fully investigated, particularly in patients with lobectomy. We reported a young euthyroidal female who underwent RRA post lobectomy and lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid cancer, whose post-ablation 131I-whole-body scan accidentally showed diffuse radioiodine distribution on chest-mimicking pulmonary metastases. Immediately-added single-photon emission computed tomography\/computed tomography (SPECT\/CT), nevertheless, revealed a 131I-accumulating swollen left thyroid lobe and emerging pleural effusion, which relieved after short-term treatment with prednisone. In summary, acute pleural effusion ascribed to RRA-induced thoracic duct compression was reported for the first time. 131I-lobectomy-induced pleural effusion could be precisely diagnosed by SPECT\/CT and efficiently manipulated via treating radiation thyroiditis with the short-term administration of corticosteroid.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics12122982","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,29]],"date-time":"2022-11-29T01:42:02Z","timestamp":1669686122000},"page":"2982","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Pleural Effusion following Radioiodine Remnant Ablation Post Lobectomy for Thyroid Cancer"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Xian","family":"Qiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pengwen","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid Surgery, Panshi Hospital, 1 Kangfu Road, Panshi 132300, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ri","family":"Sa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China"},{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, 71 Xinmin St., Changchun 130021, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lin","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuchen","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hongjun","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Libo","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Sixth People\u2019s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"209","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21660","article-title":"Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries","volume":"71","author":"Sung","year":"2021","journal-title":"CA Cancer J. 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