Thyroid scan

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What is Thyroid scan?

A thyroid scan is a nuclear medicine examination that uses a radioactive iodine tracer to see how well the thyroid gland is working.

Alternative Names:

Scan - thyroid; Radioactive iodine screening test - thyroid; RAUI; Nuclear scan - thyroid

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if a person had taken only 10miligrams of methimazole,can do scan after 48 hours?
i got a hyperthyrroid diagnosis then got sent to get a technetium scan. the report says 'fi...
Just got my thryoid scan and uptake results today. The diagnosis section lists multinodula...
So...here's the synopsis of what I have been through...I started noticing that the front of...
I have already told you all I have a nodule in the right side of my throat. It is very sma...
Ok, I had my thyroid scan yesterday and uptake today. The doctor called me in, you never l...
Ok, For about the last 2 months and a half I have been moody, depressed, forgetful, extreme...
At first I thought had contracted HIV but I continually tested negative. Then someone sugge...
I have a large noudle in the lower pole of the left lobe, a smaller nodule is seen more sup...
My PCP sent me for a thyroid ultrasound due to fatigue, weight gain, hoarseness and constan...

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