title: Normal gallbladder visualization during post-ablative iodine-131 scan of thyroid cancer.
abstract: Whole body iodine-131 scan is a well-established imaging method for the detection of metastatic or residual tumor sites in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Many false-positive iodine-131 scan findings mimicking metastatic thyroid cancer have long been reported. The authors describe a false positive uptake in normal gallbladder on post-ablative iodine-131 scan in a patient with papillary thyroid cancer. This finding should be considered to be another possible false-positive finding on iodine-131 whole body scan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ju-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.forename: Seong-Jang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In-Ju
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yun-Seong
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong-Ki
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes