Radioiodine secretion in tears.
Radioiodine secretion in tears.
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眼泪中放射性碘的分泌。
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
9.3
通讯作者:
Fawzia Bajaafar
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作者:
S. Bakheet;M. Hammami;A. Hemidan;J. Powe;Fawzia Bajaafar
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Lacrimal secretion of radioiodine has been suspected from previous scintigraphic observations. We semiquantitated radioiodine secretion in the tears of a thyroid-ablated patient with an artificial eye while the patient was on thyroxine treatment.
METHODS
After an oral dose of 555 MBq (15 mCi) 123I, 12 tear samples were collected over 24 hr by using Schirmer papers. Radioactivity in each sample was determined in a well counter 27 hr after radioiodine ingestion and was corrected for decay and counting efficiency.
RESULTS
Radioactivity was detectable at 15 min and at up to 24 hr after radioiodine ingestion and peaked at around 60 min (215 Bq/microl or 39 x 10(6)% of the administered dose/microl. Considering a tear-flow rate of 1 microl/min, the total radioactivity secreted in the first 4 hr was estimated to be 56 kBq, representing about 0.01% of the administered dose.
CONCLUSION
An appreciable amount of ingested radioiodine could be secreted in tears. The potential damage of the lacrimal gland after high doses of 131I treatment deserves further study.