Radiation Contamination Following Cremation of a Deceased Patient Treated With a Radiopharmaceutical.

Yu, Nathan Y; Rule, William G; Sio, Terence T; Ashman, Jonathan B; Nelson, Kevin L · JAMA · 2019

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

This case report describes contamination of crematory equipment with lutetium Lu 177 after cremation of a patient with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor treated with the radioisotope 2 days prior to his death.

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