False-positive iodine-131 body scan caused by a large renal cyst

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198806000-00005· OSTI ID:6837369

Brachman, M B; Rothman, B J; Ramanna, L; Tanasescu, D E; Adelberg, H; Waxman, A D

Focal I-131 accumulation is generally a reliable indicator of functioning thyroid tissue or a differentiated thyroid cancer metastasis. Normal accumulation of activity may be seen in areas such as the intestinal tract, liver, and salivary glands. This report describes a patient with significant accumulation of I-131 in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The abnormality, first thought to represent metastatic thyroid carcinoma, was subsequently proven to be accumulation within a large renal cyst.

• Research Organization: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6837369
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 13:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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