Whole Body I-131 Patterns of Uptake Unrelated to Thyroid Cancer: Apropos of 4 cases
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Teaching points:
Causes of I-131 Unrelated to Thyroid Cancer
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Choroid plexus salivary glands, gastric mucosa, urinary tract; contamination by physiological sections.
- Ectopic gastric mucosa, other gastrointestinal abnormalities, urinary tract abnormalities, mammary abnormalities.
- Serous cavities and cysts.
- Inflammation and infection.
- Nonthyroidal neoplasms.
- Unexplained causes.
- Choroid plexus salivary glands, gastric mucosa, urinary tract; contamination by physiological sections.
- Ectopic gastric mucosa, other gastrointestinal abnormalities, urinary tract abnormalities, mammary abnormalities.
- Serous cavities and cysts.
- Inflammation and infection.
- Nonthyroidal neoplasms.
- Unexplained causes.