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Thyroid scan
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A thyroid scan is a nuclear medicine examination that uses the emissions of gamma rays from radioactive iodine to help determine whether a patient has thyroid problems, including hyperthyroidism, cancer, or other growths.
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Thyroid Scan
Alternate Names
: Nuclear Scan - Thyroid, Radioactive Iodine Screening Test - Thyroid, RAUI, Scan - Thyroid
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A thyroid scan uses a radioactive tracer and a special camera to measure how much tracer is absorbed from the bloodstream by the thyroid gland. During a thyroid scan, the camera takes pictures of the thyroid gland from three different angles.
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How to prepare for a Thyroid Scan?
The referring physician may ask that you/your child stop certain medications prior to having a thyroid scan.
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Thyroid scan - In this test, a small amount of a radioactive substance either is swallowed or injected into a vein. The radioactive chemical will be taken up by the thyroid gland.
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Thyroid scan. This was once the primary way of assessing thyroid nodules. During the test, a radioactive isotope is injected into the vein on the inside of your elbow.
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First, blood tests and thyroid scans can safely identify about one-half of thyroid lumps as being non-cancerous.
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Review Date: 8/1/2005
Reviewed By: Nikheel S. Kolatkar, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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The diagnosis of Graves disease is made by a characteristic thyroid scan (showing diffusely increase uptake), the characteristic triad of ophthalmopathy, dermopathy, and hyperthyroidism, ...
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Iodine will cross the placenta, so its use in either a thyroid scan or in treatment with radioactive iodine is prohibited in pregnancy.
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