Incidentally Detected 131-Iodine Avid Parotid Oncocytoma Coexistent with Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid

131-I radioactive iodine (RAI) scan is an important modality in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer to detect recurrent or residual disease. Thus it is important to have knowledge about the possibility of false positive findings in these scans to avoid wrongful diagnosis and unnecessary...

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Published in:Indian journal of otolaryngology, and head, and neck surgery and head, and neck surgery, 2023-09, Vol.75 (3), p.2598-2603
Main Authors: Menon, Nandini N, Arora, Saurabh, Dabas, Surendra K, Sharma, Ashwani, Ranjan, Reetesh, Gurung, Bikas, Shukla, Himanshu, Tiwari, Sukirti, Bhatti, Sahibinder Singh, Kumar, Alka, Singal, Rishu, KrishnanVats, Abhinav
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Language:English
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Case reports
Clinical Report
Exocrine glands
Head and Neck Surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Otorhinolaryngology
Thyroid cancer
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Summary:131-I radioactive iodine (RAI) scan is an important modality in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer to detect recurrent or residual disease. Thus it is important to have knowledge about the possibility of false positive findings in these scans to avoid wrongful diagnosis and unnecessary treatment. We here by present a patient who underwent total thyroidectomy with lymph node dissection and followed by radioactive iodine therapy for papillary thyroid cancer. He had 131-I iodine avid nodular lesion in the left parotid gland which was later proven to be oncocytoma on histopathology. False positive findings on radioactive iodine scans are a possibility which should be known to surgeons as well as nuclear medicine physicians for accurate diagnosis and appropriate management.
ISSN:2231-3796
0973-7707
DOI:10.1007/s12070-023-03804-3