PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Oates, Elizabeth
AU  - Ramberg, Karen
AU  - Becker, Jeffrey L.
TI  - Unsuspected Pregnancy During Bone Scintigraphy
DP  - 1990 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 83--85
VI  - 18
IP  - 2
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/18/2/83.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/18/2/83.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1990 Jun 01; 18
AB  - Despite careful screening efforts to avoid it, nuclear medicine studies are unintentionally performed on pregnant patients (1–4). Three-phase bone scanning is a common procedure performed in women of child-bearing age. Unsuspected pregnancies have been discovered on the flow and early views of the pelvis (1–4). We present a case of a pregnant girl, aged 15, who had a bone scan. We explain how this occurred and how we plan to prevent a recurrence. Dosimetry for the fetus (3,7) also is considered.