PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sylvain Beaulieu
AU  - David Djang
AU  - Satoshi Minoshima
TI  - False-Positive “Necklace Sign” on Whole-Body Thyroid Cancer Survey—A Case Report
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 42--43
VI  - 33
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/33/1/42.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/33/1/42.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2005 Mar 01; 33
AB  - A woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma treated with surgery and postoperative 131I returned 4 y later for a whole-body survey. The imaging results initially suggested disease recurrence but were later found to be false positive and due to 131I uptake in a necklace that had been contaminated by the patient’s saliva. This case stresses the importance of having the patient remove all jewelry before undergoing a radioiodine survey.