title: Persistent intense MIBG activity in the liver caused by prior radiation.
abstract: The positive predictive value of MIBG scintigraphy in the evaluation of neuroblastoma is very high, and false-positive findings are rare. We present here persistently elevated MIBG activity in the liver caused by external beam radiation, which could be misinterpreted as malignant involvement if history and prior studies were not carefully correlated.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; and †Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Jigang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Codreanu
authors.forename: Sabah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Servaes
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine