Radioiodine Contamination Artifacts and Unusual Patterns of Accumulation in Whole-body I-131 Imaging: A Case Series | Zendy

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Radioiodine Contamination Artifacts and Unusual Patterns of Accumulation in Whole-body I-131 Imaging: A Case Series

Author(s) -

Pelin Özcan Kara,

Emel Ceylan Günay,

A. Erdoğan

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1726-9148

pISSN - 1726-913X

DOI - 10.5812/ijem.9329

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , thyroid cancer , iodine , radioactive iodine , nuclear medicine , radiology , radioiodine therapy , whole body imaging , physiology , pathology , positron emission tomography , materials science , metallurgy

Radioactive iodine has been used for more than 50 years for the treatment of thyroid diseases. Differentiated thyroid cancers have the ability to trap iodine. Therefore, radioiodine can be used both diagnostically and therapeutically. In the follow-up of patients, it is critical to interpret radioiodine scans correctly. Case Presentation: Non-physiological Iodine-131 (I-131) extra-thyroidal uptake detected on post-therapy or diagnostic I-131 scanning are not always interpreted as functioning metastatic thyroid cancer. Conclusions: This study provides detailed information and case samples of radiodine contamination artifacts and non-physiological, non-metastatic extra-thyroidal I-131 accumulation in whole-body I-131 imaging.

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