Normal Gallbladder Visualization During Post-ablative Iodine-131 Scan of Thyroid Cancer

Overview

Journal J Korean Med Sci

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2005 Jun 15

PMID 15953883

Citations 3

Authors

Ju-Won Seok

Seong-Jang Kim

In-Ju Kim

Yun-Seong Kim

Yong-Ki Kim

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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.

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