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RADIOIODINE SCANNING AND UPTAKE 1. Radioactively labeled form of iodine used 2. Thyroid is the only tissue in the body that takes up iodine 3. Very specific for finding <strong>thyroid</strong> tissue
RADIOIODINE SCANNING AND UPTAKE 1. If <strong>thyroid</strong> is not picking up iodine normally “spots” show up 2. Cold spots are where the tissue is not picking up iodine (can be cancerous) 3. Hot spots are where the tissue is picking up too much iodine (toxic nodule)
Page 1 and 2: Guest Speaker Dr. Abhishek Agarwal
Page 8 and 9: GRAVES DISEASE : • Generalized ov
Page 10 and 11: GRAVES DISEASE • May be associate
Page 12 and 13: THYROIDITIS (inflammation of the gl
Page 14: EXCESSIVE INTAKE OF THYROID HORMONE
Page 18 and 19: HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS • 10 ti
Page 20 and 21: THYROID DESTRUCTION SECONDARY TO RA
Page 22: MEDICATIONS • Methimazole and PTU
Page 25: ULTRASOUND : 1. If there is concern
Page 29 and 30: • Best technique to rule out canc
Page 31: HYPOTHYROIDISM : • Started at a l
Page 34 and 35: ANTITHYROID DRUGS • Methimazole a
Page 36 and 37: RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY • Radi
Page 38 and 39: RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY • In g
Page 40: SURGERY • The major complication

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