WHOLE BODY 131-IODINE SCAN

DATE: 10/4/2005

PROCEDURE:  Following oral administration of 131-Iodine, whole body scans were obtained in the anterior and posterior projections after a [...] day uptake period.

131-iodine DOSE: […] mCi

COMPARISON: None.

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male with a history of [...] and papillary thyroid carcinoma status post thyroidectomy and Iodine-131 ablative therapy. She is now here for a [7] day delay whole body scan.

FINDINGS:  There is physiological tracer uptake in the nasopharyngeal glands, gastrointestinal tract, and urinary bladder.  No abnormal foci are present in the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1. No residual malignant thyroid tissue present.

2. No evidence of distant metastatic disease. 

Thank you for referring this patient to the UCLA Nuclear Medicine Clinic.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.