Retention of iodine in the thyroid gland is the result of renal excretion and transport of iodine to thyroid cells. Both processes are affected by furosemide. The aim of our study was to test whether furosemide influenced radioiodine-131 ((131)I) retention in the thyroid gland of living mice. Our methods were as follows: After 15 days of low-iodine diet, 19 Swiss mice received an intra-peritone...

The protein-bound iodine of the blood serum has acquired clinical importance in recent years because of the development of chemical methods for the detection and quantitative estimation of minute quantities of organic iodine in the blood. Its determination is of value because its concentration usually parallels that of the circulating thyroid hormone. In chronic infections with fever, and in ch...

In selected patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma, (18)F-FDG PET/CT has been shown to have added value. We present 2 clinical examples in the settings of both iodine-concentrating and non-iodine-concentrating lesions with tracheal involvement with special reference to its importance in planning of surgery or radioiodine therapy and assessing completeness of surgery. We believe that the...

Objective: To evaluate the state of iodine uptake and frequency of goiter in a previously endemic population after use of iodine salt for ten years. Methodology: In an area in south of Iran following examination of randomly selected 1504, 8-10 year school children, 102 cases with grade 2 or larger goiter were found. One hundred normal cases regarding thyroid examination were also selected as co...