TY - JOUR ID - 20020 TI - False positive finding on whole-body iodine-131 scan secondary to contaminated face mask: an uncommon peril in current COVID pandemic JO - Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology JA - AOJNMB LA - en SN - 2322-5718 AU - Anwariya, Anupriya AU - Aggarwal, Piyush AU - Sood, Ashwani AU - Tigapuram, Nitheesh AU - Prashar, Sarika AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Y1 - 2023 PY - 2023 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 82 EP - 84 KW - COVID-19 KW - Iodine-131 KW - Whole Body Imaging KW - Masks KW - Thyroid cancer DO - 10.22038/aojnmb.2022.63815.1449 N2 - Covid-19 has changed the practice of present-day medicine. Social-distancing, hand-sanitation and use of face-mask are important measures taken against its spread. Post-thyroidectomy whole-body diagnostic I-131 scan is an important preliminary investigation for risk stratification and further management in thyroid cancer. False positive findings on diagnostic scan are not uncommon and must be evaluated to avoid unnecessary work-up and treatment. Clinical and biochemical correlation with adjunct SPCET/CT imaging may differentiate true from false-positive lesions. We report a case of unusual false positive linear neck tracer on whole-body diagnostic I-131 scan due to the use of an I-131 contaminated face mask. UR - https://aojnmb.mums.ac.ir/article_20020.html L1 - https://aojnmb.mums.ac.ir/article_20020_c59690b244b004dff9d7557232ecf81b.pdf ER -