Localizing Functioning Thyroid Following Total Thyroidectomy by Use of a Combination Scanning Technique

A technique is described using l-131-sodium iodine and Tc-99m-sodium pertechnetate for localizing functioning thyroid tissue in the neck following total thyroidectomy. The procedure consists of obtaining a 1-131 thyroid scan. If functioning thyroid tissue is found, it can be localized by means of sk...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 1980-09, Vol.5 (9), p.415-416
Hauptverfasser:	SCHMIDT, MARTHA C, KLOTCH, DOUGLAS M, LORÉ, JOHN M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging Adenocarcinoma - surgery Follow-Up Studies Humans Iodine Radioisotopes Radionuclide Imaging - methods Technetium Thyroid Gland - diagnostic imaging Thyroid Gland - metabolism Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery Thyroidectomy
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Zusammenfassung:	A technique is described using l-131-sodium iodine and Tc-99m-sodium pertechnetate for localizing functioning thyroid tissue in the neck following total thyroidectomy. The procedure consists of obtaining a 1-131 thyroid scan. If functioning thyroid tissue is found, it can be localized by means of skin markers as well as a swallow using Tc-99m-sodium pertechnetate. The procedure is safe, simple, and cost efficient and provides a means of localizing functioning thyroid that may influence subsequent therapy.
ISSN:	0363-9762 1536-0229
DOI:	10.1097/00003072-198009000-00008