Intense Iodine Activity Caused by Mosquito Bite

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl with a history of papillary thyroid cancer underwent radioiodine remnant ablation using (131)I. Posttherapy whole-body (131)I scintigraphy revealed not only the known activity in the neck but also increased activity in the superficial posterior right upper thigh. On further clinical evaluation, the patient was found to have a mosquito bite with surrounding hyperemia at the site of the abnormal activity.