Prevalence of Discrepancy between TSH Dosage and Scintigraphy Reports

Currently the most indication for a thyroid scan is given by frank or subclinical gland disease planning to verify the presence of organ hyperfunction which can either be diffuse or focal (autonomous nodule). Though, in clinical observe low internal secretion values might not relate to a functionally autonomous thyroid nodule, whereas scintigraphically “hot nodules” is also found in patients with a standard thyroid secretion profile. within the latter cases, given the well documented literature of “hot” nodules in scintigraphy with radiopertechnetate however “cold” in scintigraphy with radioiodine, scans performed each with 99mTc and 131I were compared. In our medical specialty unit we tend to wished to quantify these mismatches, examination scintigraphic results to secretion dosages and ultrasound thyroid examination. Material and ways lxxxiv consecutive patients undergone thyroid scan with 99mTc were enclosed during this study. Six/84 patients additionally underwent a131I scan to match discordant internal secretion worth and thyroid scan result. the photographs were noninheritable  20-40 minutes when IV administration of three mCi (111 MBq) of 99mTc-pertechnetate by GE Discovery ST gamma camera, equipped with low energy high resolution collimators (about five hundred k counts placoid acquisitions, matrix 128×128, zoom 2).

Author(s): Modoni S

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