False positive diagnosis on (131)iodine whole-body scintigraphy of differentiated thyroid cancers.
Endocrine
; 53(3): 626-35, 2016 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
(131)Iodine is used both to ablate any residual thyroid tissue or metastatic disease and to obtain whole-body diagnostic images after total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Even though whole-body scan is highly accurate in showing thyroid residues as well as metastases of DTC, false positive results can be found, possibly leading to diagnostic errors and unnecessary treatments. This paper reviews the physiological and pathological processes involved as well as the strategy to recognize and rule out false positive radioiodine images.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Glândula Tireoide
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Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide
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Cintilografia
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Imagem Corporal Total
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article