False-positive I-131 images mimicking thyroid cancer metastasis. The nose ring sign

C Dick; A Mudun; N P Alazraki

doi:10.1097/00003072-199510000-00003

False-positive I-131 images mimicking thyroid cancer metastasis. The nose ring sign

Clin Nucl Med. 1995 Oct;20(10):876-7. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199510000-00003.

Authors

C Dick¹, A Mudun, N P Alazraki

Affiliation

¹ Emory University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 8616990
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199510000-00003

Abstract

This case report describes an I-131 whole-body scan with false-positive uptake at the site of a nose ring in a patient with follicular thyroid cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / diagnostic imaging*
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / secondary*
Adult
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes*
Nose / diagnostic imaging*
Radionuclide Imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Iodine Radioisotopes