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

Autor:	Ozcan Kara P; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University , Mersin, Turkey., Gunay EC; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University , Mersin, Turkey., Erdogan A; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University , Mersin, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of endocrinology and metabolism [Int J Endocrinol Metab] 2014 Jan 01; Vol. 12 (1), pp. e9329. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jan 01 (Print Publication: 2014).
DOI:	10.5812/ijem.9329
Abstrakt:	Introduction: 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.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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