title: Increased 131I accumulation in the polyacrylamide hydrophilic gel used for breast augmentation.
abstract: A 37-year-old woman with papillary thyroid cancer received repeat 131I therapy. The first posttherapy scan revealed only activity in the neck. However, both the second and third posttherapy scans showed intense activity in the anterior lower chest bilaterally, suggestive of breast uptake. However, the SPECT/CT images demonstrated that the iodine activity was not located in the breast tissue. Instead, the activity was inside the polyacrylamide hydrophilic gels she received 10 years ago for breast augmentation.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yifan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000328:Adult; D001692:Biological Transport; D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016462:Mammaplasty; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D005782:Gels; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D000099166:Polyacrylamides