Extensive salivary contamination due to concurrent use of chewing tobacco during I-131 radioablative therapy.
Although multiple authors have reported on various causes of external I-131 contamination after administration of radioiodine, to the authors' knowledge there have been no reported cases of external contamination from salivary secretions due to expectoration of chewing tobacco. A case of extensive I-131 contamination of a hospital room, furniture, and plumbing due to indiscriminate use of chewing tobacco during an inpatient I-131 radioablative therapy is presented.
Gritters
L S
LS
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Wissing
J
J
Gross
M D
MD
Shapiro
B
B
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D012463:Saliva; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants