RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radioactive iodine uptake in post-operative seroma: a cause for false positivity
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP jnmt.122.264569
DO 10.2967/jnmt.122.264569
A1 Aggarwal, Piyush
A1 Seenivasagam, Rajkumar Kottayasamy
A1 Sood, Ashwani
A1 Prashar, Sarika
A1 Pathak, Piyush
A1 Sachdeva, Naresh
A1 Gupta, Parikshaa
YR 2022
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2022/11/09/jnmt.122.264569.abstract
AB Besides the known physiological uptake of 131I, literature describes various false-positive findings on 131I scans in benign lesions, inflammation, traumatic sites, and post-surgical sites to name a few. However, no study to the best of our knowledge has shown the false-positive uptake of 131I in a post-operative seroma at the post-surgical site