Localized 131 I Uptake in the Deltoid Muscle Bilaterally After Parathyroid Transplantation

Maohua Rao1, Jiajian Xie, Huihui Zhang

  • 1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.

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A 49-year-old woman patient with thyroid cancer accepted thyroidectomy and parathyroid transplantation. One month later, localized 131 I uptake in the deltoid muscle bilaterally was detected by 131 I whole-body imaging performed in 2 days after 131 I administration.