title: Contamination of a bracelet following iodine-131 therapy: a case report.
abstract: A 73-y-old patient who had thyroid carcinoma had a post-treatment, whole-body 131I scan. The scan demonstrated an artifact caused by a bracelet contaminated with radioactive perspiration. This finding resulted in an artifact on the scan and had potential radiation safety implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA. bybelb@ccf.org
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bybel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Beebe
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faiman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes