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Gammagrafía con MIBG - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Imágenes de la médula suprarrenal; Gammagrafía con meta-yodobenzilguanidina

Cuáles son los riesgos:

Hay algo de exposición a la radiación del radioisótopo. Debido a que la radiación proveniente de este radioisótopo es bastante alta comparada con la mayoría de los otros radioisótopos, puede ser necesario tomar algunas precauciones durante unos cuantos días después del examen. El médico le comentará acerca de estas precauciones, que pueden comprender vaciar la taza del baño dos veces después de cada uso con el fin de diluir el material excretado en la orina.

Antes o durante el examen, a usted se le puede suministrar una solución yodada para evitar la absorción excesiva de yodo dentro de la tiroides.

El examen NO se debe realizar en mujeres embarazadas, dado el peligro para el feto a causa de la radiación.

Consideraciones:

El radioisótopo es costoso y tal vez no esté disponible en todas las instituciones médicas.

Debido a que la radiación proveniente de este radioisótopo es bastante alta comparada con la mayoría de los otros radioisótopos, puede ser necesario tomar algunas precauciones durante unos cuantos días después del examen.

El médico le comentará acerca de estas precauciones, que pueden comprender vaciar la taza del baño dos veces después de cada uso con el fin de diluir cualquier material radioactivo que sale a través de la orina.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/21/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Segerman D, Miles KA. Radionuclide imaging: general principles. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 7.

Young WF. Adrenal medulla, catecholamines, and pheochromocytoma. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 246.

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