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Incidental detection of clinically nondiagnosed inguinal hernia in (131)I whole-body scan
Anbalagan Kannivelu1, Butch Magsombol, Ajit Kumar Padhy
1Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. dranbukan@gmail.com
Abstract:
I whole-body bone scan was performed for an adult male patient after postradioactive iodine ablation of thyroid carcinoma. Besides the small thyroid remnants in the neck region, an incidental detection of left inguinal hernia was made in the scan, which was later confirmed by clinical examination. Despite the large size of the hernia, the patient was unaware of the condition. It can be concluded that, similar to other imaging procedures, incidental detection of unrelated clinical problems is possible in I scan also, and such early diagnosis prevents further complications that the patient may develop in the future.
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