[Tracheostomy cannula as a cause of false positive result on the whole-body scan with (131)I in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer]

Rev Esp Med Nucl. 2011 Nov-Dec;30(6):384-5. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.011. Epub 2011 May 4.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

J A Vallejo Casas¹, M L Mena Bares, M A Gálvez Moreno, J M Latre Romero

Affiliation

¹ Unidad Gestión Clínica de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España. jantonio.vallejo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es

PMID: 21546127
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.03.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / radiotherapy
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / secondary*
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / surgery
Catheters*
Diagnostic Errors*
False Positive Reactions
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes* / pharmacokinetics
Iodine Radioisotopes* / therapeutic use
Laryngismus / surgery
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals* / pharmacokinetics
Radiopharmaceuticals* / therapeutic use
Saliva / metabolism
Sodium Iodide / therapeutic use
Thyroid Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Thyroidectomy
Thyrotropin Alfa
Tracheostomy / instrumentation*
Vocal Cord Paralysis / etiology
Vocal Cord Paralysis / surgery
Whole Body Imaging*

Substances

Iodine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Thyrotropin Alfa
Sodium Iodide