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Physiological Uptake of Radioactive Iodine Around an Artificial Eyeball Observed with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography After Radioactive Iodine Treatment

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Radioactive iodine treatment is useful for ablating remnant thyroid tissue and metastasis of well-differentiated thyroid cancer with long-lasting effects. A scintigraphy after radioactive iodine treatment is a major imaging modality for detecting metastasis and assessing the management of metastasis. However, caution is required when reading the scan due to potential false-positive findings. In this study, scintigraphy and single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography images after radioactive iodine treatment revealed a physiological uptake of radioactive iodine due to lacrimal secretion around an artificial eyeball; such findings have not been reported previously.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Aran 13gil 15, Jeju-si, 63241, South Korea

    Ji Young Lee & Hee-Sung Song

  2. Jeju National University College of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Jeju-si, 63241, South Korea

    Myoungsihn Kang

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Lee, J.Y., Song, HS. & Kang, M. Physiological Uptake of Radioactive Iodine Around an Artificial Eyeball Observed with Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography After Radioactive Iodine Treatment. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 54, 204–206 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-020-00651-w

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