Unexpected False-positive I-131 Uptake in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Articles > Article · 2018
Authors: Aylin ORAL, Bülent YAZICI, Cenk ERASLAN, Zeynep BURAK
MOLECULAR IMAGING AND RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, Scopus, 2018, vol 27, pp 99-106
DOI: 10.4274/mirt.37450
Summary
Objective: Radioiodine is the most specific radionuclide for differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) imaging. Despite its high specificity and sensitivity, false-positive I-131 uptake could be seen on whole body scan (WBS) that may lead to misdiagnosis and unnecessary radioiodine treatment. In this study, we aimed to present the I-131 WBS and concomitant single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) images of unexpected false-positive radioiodine uptake along with the patients' clinical outcomes and the contribution of SPECT/CT imaging.