I-123 Uptake in the Chest Wall After Needle Biopsy of a Pulmonary Nodule: A Cause for False—Positive I-123 Uptake

McDougall listed 42 cases of physiologic and pathologic causes of abnormal distribution of radioiodine that can be misinterpreted for metastatic cancer in whole-body I-131 scans. The authors previously presented infected sebaceous cyst in the scalp as a cause of false-positive I-123 uptake. The auth...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1997-08, Vol.22 (8), p.572-573
Main Authors: NADDAF, SLEIMAN Y, AKISIK, MUSTAFA F, OMAR, WALID S, YOUNG, IVEN, ABDEL-DAYEM, HUSSEIN M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Iodine Radioisotopes
Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Medical sciences
Radionuclide Imaging
Radionuclide investigations
Radiopharmaceuticals
Respiratory system
Thorax - diagnostic imaging
Whole-Body Counting
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Summary:McDougall listed 42 cases of physiologic and pathologic causes of abnormal distribution of radioiodine that can be misinterpreted for metastatic cancer in whole-body I-131 scans. The authors previously presented infected sebaceous cyst in the scalp as a cause of false-positive I-123 uptake. The authors use I-123 for routine thyroid scanning and for total-body search for metastatic thyroid cancer. The authors report one more false-positive result caused by oozing in the chest wall from the biopsy site for a pulmonary nodule.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199708000-00021