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==Other Imaging Findings== | ==Other Imaging Findings== | ||
*Thyroid radioisotope scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of goiter. Findings on a thyroid radioisotope scan are: | *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 | **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 | ***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 | ***Cold nodules does not radioactive isotope and therefore indicate hypofunctional or nonfunctional thyroid tissue | ||
***Warm nodules appear gray and suggest normal thyroid function | ***Warm nodules appear gray and suggest normal thyroid function | ||
**The radioactive isotopes that are most commonly include 123-Iodine | **The [[radioactive isotopes]] that are most commonly include [[Iodine-123]], [[Technetium-99m]] and [[Iodine-131]] | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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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 Iodine-123, Technetium-99m and Iodine-131
- 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