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.
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Anwariya, A., Aggarwal, P., Sood, A., Tigapuram, N., & Prashar, S. (2023). False positive finding on whole-body iodine-131 scan secondary to contaminated face mask: an uncommon peril in current COVID pandemic. Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 11(1), 82-84. doi: 10.22038/aojnmb.2022.63815.1449
MLA
Anupriya Anwariya; Piyush Aggarwal; Ashwani Sood; Nitheesh Tigapuram; Sarika Prashar. "False positive finding on whole-body iodine-131 scan secondary to contaminated face mask: an uncommon peril in current COVID pandemic", Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 11, 1, 2023, 82-84. doi: 10.22038/aojnmb.2022.63815.1449
HARVARD
Anwariya, A., Aggarwal, P., Sood, A., Tigapuram, N., Prashar, S. (2023). 'False positive finding on whole-body iodine-131 scan secondary to contaminated face mask: an uncommon peril in current COVID pandemic', Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 11(1), pp. 82-84. doi: 10.22038/aojnmb.2022.63815.1449
VANCOUVER
Anwariya, A., Aggarwal, P., Sood, A., Tigapuram, N., Prashar, S. False positive finding on whole-body iodine-131 scan secondary to contaminated face mask: an uncommon peril in current COVID pandemic. Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2023; 11(1): 82-84. doi: 10.22038/aojnmb.2022.63815.1449
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