Dramatic parotid uptake of I-131 on a diagnostic whole-body scan.
Radiation sialadenitis is a complication of I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer. They authors report a case of intense uptake by parotid glands in a diagnostic I-131 scan (2 mCi) in whom sialadenitis had developed previously after a 100-mCi dose of I-131. Similar examples of images could not be found in the literature.
Carlisle
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford Health Services, California 94305-5281, USA.
McDougall
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes