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  • Title: False-positive xerostomia following radioactive iodine treatment: case report.
    Author: Mandel SJ, Mandel L.
    Journal: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod; 2007 Feb; 103(2):e43-7. PubMed ID: 17095255.
    Abstract:
    Radioactive iodine (131I), used in the treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma, is known to cause both short-term and long-term radiation damage to the salivary glands. The injury appears as glandular swellings and/or decreased salivation with 131I dosage and passage of time playing significant roles. A case report is presented to alert the profession to the existence of patients who have received 131I therapy and who complain shortly thereafter of xerostomia, but following a thorough examination are found to represent a group of false-positives. Emphasis is placed on the diagnostic techniques used in the differential diagnosis.
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