False-positive I-131 images mimicking thyroid cancer metastasis. The nose ring sign.
This case report describes an I-131 whole-body scan with false-positive uptake at the site of a nose ring in a patient with follicular thyroid cancer.
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Emory University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D000328:Adult; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009666:Nose / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes