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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2016; 15(02): 137-141
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.176884
Case report

Unusual false positive radioiodine uptake on 131 I whole body scintigraphy in three unrelated organs with different pathologies in patients of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: A case series

Rohit Ranade
Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Shwetal Pawar
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Abhishek Mahajan
2   Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Sandip Basu
Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Three cases with unusual false positive radioiodine uptake in three different organs and pathologies (infective old fibrotic lesion in the lung, simple liver cyst, and benign breast lesion) on iodine-131 ( 131 I) whole body scintigraphy. Clinicoradiological correlation was undertaken in all three cases and the pathologies were ascertained. In all the three cases, single-photon emission computerized tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) and ancillary imaging modalities were employed and were helpful in arriving at the final diagnosis.

Keywords

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma - fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography - radioiodine scan - iodine-131( 131 I) whole body scintigraphy


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19 May 2022

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