In Thyroidectomized Thyroid Cancer Patients, False-Positive I-131 Whole Body Scans Are Often Caused by Inflammation Rather Than Thyroid Cancer

Objective. To show that I-131 false-positive results on whole-body scans (WBSs) after thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer may be a result of inflammation unassociated with the cancer. Methods. We performed a retrospective image analysis of our database of thyroid cancer patients who underwent WBS from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Garger, Yana Basis, Winfeld, Mathew, Friedman, Kent, Blum, Manfred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616633715

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4776247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616633715

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