FALSE-POSITIVE I-131 UPTAKE AT A TRACHEOSTOMY SITE DISCERNMENT WITH TL-201 IMAGING

Authors
AIN KB SHIH WJ
Citation
Kb. Ain et Wj. Shih, FALSE-POSITIVE I-131 UPTAKE AT A TRACHEOSTOMY SITE DISCERNMENT WITH TL-201 IMAGING, Clinical nuclear medicine, 19(7), 1994, pp. 619-621
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
19
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
619 - 621
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1994)19:7<619:FIUAAT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
I-131 whole-body imaging is used in the follow-up evaluation of differ entiated thyroid carcinoma. The authors report a case of spurious I-13 1 localization at a patient's tracheostomy stoma. Demonstration of thi s I-131 uptake as false positive was achieved by showing no Tl-201 loc alization at this site and a low thyroglobulin while the patient was h ypothyroid. This strategy may discern spurious I-131 uptake and help a void unnecessary I-131 therapy.