RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 False-Positive Scalp Activity in <sup>131</sup>I Imaging Associated with Hair Coloring
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 43
OP 45
DO 10.2967/jnmt.112.117416
VO 41
IS 1
A1 Di Yan
A1 Mohan Doss
A1 Ranee Mehra
A1 Rosaleen B. Parsons
A1 Barton N. Milestone
A1 Jian Q. Yu
YR 2013
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/41/1/43.abstract
AB A patient with metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma (after surgical resection of tumor and positive lymph nodes) undergoing thyroid ablation therapy with 131I is described. Whole-body scintigraphy was performed 1 wk after ablation therapy to evaluate the presence of residual disease. The whole-body images demonstrated an artifact caused by tracer accumulation in the patient’s scalp related to recent hair coloring. Common etiologies of false-positive 131I scintigraphic findings are briefly reviewed. The importance of taking preventative measures to decrease the number of false-positive findings and recognizing these findings when they occur is discussed.