The usefulness of radioiodine in the assessment of thyroid function is well established, and in most hospitals it is in routine use. But it does not offer us a universally valid test free of any limitations, and it is useful to supplement it with other tests of thyroid function.20 For the most part, both the special advantages and limitations of radioiodine tests differ from those of the altern...

UNLABELLED Appearances of and increases in Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) have been reported after treatment of patients with hyperthyroidism with radioiodine. We sought to determine the rates of appearance or increase in manifestations of GO in American patients treated with radioiodine for hyperthyroidism. METHODS The study population, which consisted of 76 patients (range, 10.6-72 y), include...

introduction struma ovarii is an ovarian teratoma, represented in more than 50% by thyroid tissue. five percent of struma ovarii cases have been proven to be malignant and, as in the thyroid gland, papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common histotype arising in struma ovarii. because of the unusual occurrence of this tumor, its management and follow-up after pelvic surgery is still controve...

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper is to present our experience concerning cooperation in the treatment of Slovak patients with differentiated thyroid cancer in Slovak and Czech hospitals. The objectives of this study were to demonstrate the means of this cooperation and the results of therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS From September 1991 to October 2005 in the Department of Nuclear Medicine in Ost...

CONTEXT Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in patients exposed to environmental radioiodine after the Chernobyl accident is thought to have a relatively aggressive clinical course. Long-term results of treatment are not well known, especially in comparison with sporadic PTC. OBJECTIVE The determination of risk factors for PTC recurrence in a controlled for baseline factors group of patients wi...

Adjuvant therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine ((131)I) is a standard procedure for the ablation of remnant thyroid tissue following surgery and for the treatment of iodine-avid metastases. Presently, there are two dosimetric concepts for the treatment of thyroid cancer using radioiodine: a) the bone marrow dose limited approach and b) lesion-based dosimetry. Both con...

UNLABELLED Radiation is known to be mutagenic. The present study updates a 10-y-old study regarding pregnancy outcome and the health of offspring of women previously exposed to radioiodine ((131)I) during thyroid carcinoma treatment, by doubling the number of pregnancies that occurred after exposure. METHODS Data on 2,673 pregnancies were obtained by interviewing female patients who were trea...

INTRODUCTION Radioactive iodine has been used for more than 50 years for the treatment of thyroid diseases. Differentiated thyroid cancers have the ability to trap iodine. Therefore, radioiodine can be used both diagnostically and therapeutically. In the follow-up of patients, it is critical to interpret radioiodine scans correctly. CASE PRESENTATION Non-physiological Iodine-131 (I-131) extra...

Thyroid cancer, although very rare in childhood, represents the most common pediatric endocrine neoplasia. The low incidence and the resulting limited availability of prospective, randomized trials lead to a lack of evidence- based recommendations for treatment strategies. Total thyroidectomy and lymphadenectomy, when indicated, followed by ablative radioiodine treatment, are considered the cor...