A Shrapnel Fragment Deposited 45 Years ago Caused a False Positive Rai Uptake in the Spine in a Patient with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Review of Mechanism and Literature

Sing-Yung Wu, Mark D Chambers, Mazhar U Khan and William L Green

Department of Radiology and Nuclear, V A Medical Center, University of California, USA
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, USA

^*Correspondance to: Sing-Yung Wu 

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Abstract:

Radioiodine total body scan is used to detect recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer in neck and metastatic lesions. We recently encounter a case of false positive in a veteran who suffered from shrapnel wound 45 years ago in the back.

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Wu S-Y, Chambers MD, Khan MU, Green WL. A Shrapnel Fragment Deposited 45 Years ago Caused a False Positive Rai Uptake in the Spine in a Patient with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Review of Mechanism and Literature. Clin Oncol. 2017; 2: 1328.