Normal Gallbladder Visualization during Post-Ablative Iodine-131 Scan of Thyroid Cancer.
10.3346/jkms.2005.20.3.521
- Author:
Ju Won SEOK
1
;
Seong Jang KIM
;
In Ju KIM
;
Yun Seong KIM
;
Yong Ki KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. injkim@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Radionuclide Imaging;
Gallbladder
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Papillary/*pathology;
False Positive Reactions;
Female;
Gallbladder/*metabolism/ultrasonography;
Humans;
Iodine Radioisotopes/diagnostic use/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use;
Middle Aged;
Thyroid Neoplasms/*pathology;
Whole-Body Counting
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2005;20(3):521-523
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Whole body iodine-131 scan is a well-established imaging method for the detection of metastatic or residual tumor sites in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Many false-positive iodine-131 scan findings mimicking metastatic thyroid cancer have long been reported. The authors describe a false positive uptake in normal gallbladder on post-ablative iodine-131 scan in a patient with papillary thyroid cancer. This finding should be considered to be another possible false-positive finding on iodine-131 whole body scan.
