Thyroid scintigraphy facilitates the detection of focal and/or global abnormalities of thyroid anatomy, correlation of anatomy with function, and detection of aberrant or metastatic functioning thyroid tissue or residual normal tissue after therapy.
Clinical indications:
Thyroid imaging is useful in, but not limited to:
- Evaluation of the size and location of thyroid tissue.
- Differentiation of causes of hyperthyroidism e.g. Graves disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
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Differentiation of suspected focal or diffuse thyroid disease.
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Evaluation of clinical laboratory tests suggestive of abnormal thyroid function.
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Assessment of the function of thyroid nodules identified on clinical examination or ultrasound or by other diagnostic imaging.
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Evaluation of congenital thyroid abnormalities.
Added value of correlative ultrasound in the assessment of thyroid disease.
We are also able to perform correlative ultrasound on the same day as a patients thyroid scinitscan. This often provides additional valuable information allowing optimal imaging assessment of both function and anatomy.