UNLABELLED This aim of this retrospective study was to determine the impact of glucocorticoid therapy on the effective (131)I half-life in radioiodine therapy for Graves disease. METHODS Three hundred fifteen consecutive Graves disease patients undergoing radioiodine therapy at our institution between August 2004 and January 2009 were enrolled. We investigated the influences of thyroid state ...

Radioiodine therapy is commonly used in hyperthyroid cats and has a high success rate, ranging from 85-95%. As in humans, thyroid volume has been reported to influence radioiodine therapy outcome in hyperthyroid cats. The purpose of this study was to relate total thyroid volume, calculated by a newly constructed formula for feline patients (0.438 × length × width²), to the outcome of radioiodin...

UNLABELLED Graves's disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. There are three current therapeutic options: anti-thyroid medication, surgery, and radioactive iodine (I 131). There are few data in the literature regarding the effects of radioiodine therapy on the larynx and voice. The aim and the AIM os this study was: to assess the effect of radioiodine therapy on the voice of Based...

Radioiodine is regularly used in the treatment of thyroid cancer to eliminate residual malignant tissue after thyroidectomy and to treat metastasis. Because of the low dose of radioiodine used to treat thyroid cancer patients, leukemia is an uncommon complication of exposure to radioiodine. Here, we present a patient who developed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22);CB...

Received 2/19/2010; revised 3/3/2010; accepted 3/10/2010. For correspondence and reprints contact: Wan-Yu Lin, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital. 160 Section 3, ChungGang Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan. Tel: (886)4-23741349, Fax: (886)4-23741348, E-mail: [email protected] Whole body I scan is a regular method for detecting metastatic thyroid carcinoma. Focal ...

Iodine-131 (I-131) therapy is one of the conventional approaches in the treatment of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). The radioiodine agents also accumulate in the other organs that cause pain and damage to the patients. Radioiodine therapy is associated with various gastrointestinal (GI) toxicities. In this study, GI side effects of the radioiodine therapy were investigate...

INTRODUCTION Autoimmunity against the TSH receptor is a key pathogenic element in Graves' disease. The autoimmune aberration may be modified by therapy of the hyperthyroidism. OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of the common types of therapy for Graves' hyperthyroidism on TSH-receptor autoimmunity. METHODS Patients with newly diagnosed Graves' hyperthyroidism aged 20-55 years were randomized ...

This is a retrospective study on clinical course and treatment response of patients with thyroid hot nodule, referred to nuclear medicine department of Shariati Hospital from 1360 to 1377. From the total 58 patients with average age of 43 yr and incidence peak of 40 yr, 81% were female and 19% were male. 64% of the patients were thyrotoxic and 36% were euthyroid at presentation. Thyrotoxi...