Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4248926 | Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Differentiated thyroid cancer is a disease having a very good prognosis when treated adequately. Ablation treatment with 131I is frequently adjunct to surgery in these patients since it improves survival. Radioiodine whole-body scan is one of the imaging modality of choice in the follow-up of patients with this kind of pathology. After ablation treatment of the thyroid gland, any radioiodine accumulation in a non-physiological location usually means the presence of functioning metastasis. Recognition of potential false-positives is essential to avoid unnecessary exposure to further radiation from repeated therapeutic doses of radioactive iodine. We report a case of uptake in the chest due to bronchiectasis, potentially masquerading as pulmonary metastasis.
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Authors
M.P. GarcÃa Alonso, M.A. Balsa Bretón, C. Paniagua Correa, L. Castillejos RodrÃguez, F.J. PenÃn González, R. Elviro Peña, A. Ortega Valle, A. Mariana MonguÃa, S.I. Vásquez Tineo, A. Mendoza Paulini, C. Pey Illera,