Pregnancy testing before high-dose radioiodine treatment: a case report.
This case emphasizes that negative urine pregnancy testing and a written declaration of the patient are not sufficient to safely exclude an early pregnancy. Serum pregnancy testing inherently has a diagnostic gap of about 1 wk following conception. We recommend sufficient contraception at least 1 mo before radioiodine treatment in women of childbearing age.
Bohuslavizki
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Kröger
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Klutmann
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Geiss-Tönshoff
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Clausen
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D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000528:radiation effects; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18