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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Thyroid radioisotope scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Goiter. | |||
==Other Imaging Findings== | ==Other Imaging Findings== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Thyroid radioisotope scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Goiter.
Other Imaging Findings
- Thyroid radioisotope scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Goiter. Findings on a thyroid radioisotope scan are:
- Helpful in determining the functional activiity by distinguishing a nodule as hot, warm, or cold, based on the relative amount of uptake of radioactive isotope
- Hot nodules take up excessive amounts of isotope and indicate autonomously functioning nodules
- Cold nodules does not radioactive isotope and therefore indicate hypofunctional or nonfunctional thyroid tissue
- Warm nodules appear gray and suggest normal thyroid function
- The radioactive isotopes that are most commonly include 123-Iodine, 99m-Technetium and 131-Iodine
- Helpful in determining the functional activiity by distinguishing a nodule as hot, warm, or cold, based on the relative amount of uptake of radioactive isotope