title: Nasal visualization on radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy due to benign abnormality.
abstract: Nasal iodine activity can be observed on 123Iodine (123I) or 131I whole-body scintigraphy (WBS) commonly as a normal variant caused by nasal or salivary secretion of the tracer. We encountered 2 patients whose increased accumulation of 131I activity was associated with underlying abnormalities. One patient had a nasal polyp, whereas the other had an abscess.
authors: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.
authors: Xue
authors: X
authors: Jiang
authors: Qiao
authors: Q
authors: Wang
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals