salivary gland involvement is one of the radioiodine therapy complications. salivary gland scintigraphy in quantitative mode can accurately evaluate salivary gland function. methods: salivary gland scintigraphy was performed with tc-99m pertechnetate, at the time of iodine therapy as a basic study and then 3 weeks and 3 months afterwards. ejection fraction (ef) of parotid and submandibular glan...

A rare case of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) complicated with Graves' hyperthyroidism was reported. The management of this disease is similar to that of Graves' disease. Antithyroid drug therapy is the first choice, and iodine therapy and surgery are not recommended due to the possibility of severe hypothyroidism and enlargement of the pituitary gland.

iodine content of the mother’s diet. Iodine readily passes the placenta [5] , and the mother’s dietary iodine intake should cover the needs of both the maternal and the fetal thyroid hormone production. Compared with the nonpregnant state, the thyroid hormone production is up to 50% higher from early pregnancy due to a high degradation rate of T 4 in the placenta/uterus unit and various other m...

PURPOSE To report the finding of nasolacrimal drainage system obstruction associated with radio iodine therapy and to review clinical data and the surgical treatment outcome of this rare complication. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed ophthalmological data of patients with history of thyroid carcinoma that underwent radioactive iodine I-131 therapy and were referred to lacrimal surgery. R...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The existing literature is inconsistent regarding whether there is any additional effect of povidone-iodine (PVP-iodine) as an adjunctive to scaling and root planing, and, if there is an effect, what its size is. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the additional effect of PVP-iodine as an adjunct to scaling and root planing compared with water, saline or no ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the preparation for radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy by thyroid hormone withdrawal (THW) or a low-iodine diet (LID) can be risk factors for the development of hyponatremia in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy.We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and laboratory findings of 326 patients who underwent preparatio...

OBJECTIVE To assess the predictability of outcome and evaluate the factors that may lead to treatment failure in patients with Graves' disease who are treated with a single dose of radioiodine. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of 123 patients (M: 42; F: 81) with Graves' disease who received radioiodine therapy with a single fixed (10 mCi) dose for hyperthyroidism. Pretreatm...

Preliminary treatment with carbimazole in a series of 181 patients with thyrotoxicosis selected for treatment with radioactive iodine did not make any significant difference to the subsequent response to (131)I therapy.