Increased 131I Accumulation in the Polyacrylamide Hydrophilic Gel Used for Breast Augmentation

ABSTRACTA 37-year-old woman with papillary thyroid cancer received repeat I therapy. The first posttherapy scan revealed only activity in the neck. However, both the second and third posttherapy scans showed intense activity in the anterior lower chest bilaterally, suggestive of breast uptake. Howev...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2014-04, Vol.39 (4), p.415-416
Main Authors: Lv, Jing, Qu, Yumin, Zhang, Min, Pan, Yu, Zhang, Yifan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acrylic Resins - chemistry
Adult
Biological Transport
Breast - metabolism
Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma - metabolism
Carcinoma - radiotherapy
Carcinoma, Papillary
False Positive Reactions
Female
Gels
Humans
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Iodine Radioisotopes - metabolism
Iodine Radioisotopes - therapeutic use
Mammaplasty
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms - metabolism
Thyroid Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:ABSTRACTA 37-year-old woman with papillary thyroid cancer received repeat I therapy. The first posttherapy scan revealed only activity in the neck. However, both the second and third posttherapy scans showed intense activity in the anterior lower chest bilaterally, suggestive of breast uptake. However, the SPECT/CT images demonstrated that the iodine activity was not located in the breast tissue. Instead, the activity was inside the polyacrylamide hydrophilic gels she received 10 years ago for breast augmentation.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000391