Excretion of radioiodine in human milk following a therapeutic dose of I-131

✍ Scribed by Sietske Rubow; Johannes Klopper

• Book ID: 104682718
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 119 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00251790

✦ Synopsis

An investigation of 131I excretion into human milk after a therapeutic dose of 5142 MBq (139 mCi) 131I, in a patient who has had a thyroidectomy is presented. During the first 36 h, 17.4% of the administered dose was excreted into the milk. In addition to the known radiation risk, this may affect the quantity of 131I retained by the thyroid and metastases.