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The Endocrine System.

Authors :
Biersack, Hans-Jürgen
Freeman, Leonard M.
Hindle, E.
Calzada-Naucaudie, M.
Keller, I.
Askienazy, Serge
Source :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine (978-3-540-28025-5); 2007, p287-306, 20p
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

Although sonography (US) and cytology (fine-needle aspiration, FNA) play the principal role in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules, thyroid scintigraphy remains an important tool for guiding clinical decisions in thyroid diseases. Thyroid scintigraphy is so used in the diagnosis of the cause of a patient's hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease, thyroid autonomy, subacute, silent and post-partum thyroiditis, etc.), in the evaluation of selected patients with thyroid nodules and in the identification of normal and ectopic thyroid tissue (neonatal hypothyroidism). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9783540280255
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Clinical Nuclear Medicine (978-3-540-28025-5)
Publication Type :
Book
Accession number :
33879428
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28026-2_14