introduction: hyperthyroidism is a relatively common disorder caused by different etiologies. graves’ disease, and toxic-nodular goiter (plummer’s disease) are among the most common causes. treatment with radioiodine is considered to be the treatment of choice in many of the patients. higher biological half-life of ¹³¹i in hyperthyroid patients as compared with patients with differentiated thyr...

hyperthyroidism is a common disease and one of the best methods for its treatment is radioiodine therapy. treatment with antithyroid drugs brings patients to euthyroidism before radioiodine therapy. antithyroid drugs should be discontinued before radioiodine therapy to increase thyroid uptake. the purpose of this study was to determine the optimal time of methimazole (mtz) discontinuation. one ...

The efficacy of radioiodine treatment of feline hyperthyroidism is well established; however, limited information is known about owners' perceptions or experiences of radioiodine. This study aimed to examine factors that influence owner treatment choices and their opinions following radioiodine. Surveys were sent to owners of cats referred for radioiodine treatment between 2002 and 2011 (radioi...

context: to evaluate treatment success and hypothyroidism following main methods of radioiodine therapy of toxic nodular goiter (tng); calculated versus fixed dose and high versus low dose of radioiodine. evidence acquisitions: we searched medline and scopus databases from inception till july 2013, for clinical trials that compared two different methods of radioiodine administration in tng. the...

Radioiodine therapy is the safest, simplest, least expensive and most effective method for treatment of hyperthyroidism. The method employed in this research was a systematic bibliographic review, in which only valid studies or the clinically detailed enough open-labeled studies using validated scales were used. Iodine-131 (I-131) acts by the destructive effect of short-range beta radiation on ...

Isotope therapy is one of the methods used in primary hyperthyroidism. The therapy is based on short-range beta radiation emitted from radioactive iodine. Radioiodine administration must always be preceded by pharmacological normalization of thyroid function. Otherwise, post-radiation thyrocyte destruction and thyroid hormones release may lead to hyperthyroidism exacerbation. Indications for ra...

radioiodine therapy is the safest, simplest, least expensive and most effective method for treatment of hyperthyroidism. the method employed in this research was a systematic bibliographic review, in which only valid studies or the clinically detailed enough open-labeled studies using validated scales were used. iodine-131 (i-131) acts by the destructive effect of short-range beta radiation on ...

Complaints of a dry mouth (xerostomia) and sialoadenitis are frequent side effects of radioiodine treatment in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients. However, detailed prospective data on alterations in salivary gland functioning after radioiodine treatment (131I) are scarce. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to prospectively assess the effect of high-activity radioiodine trea...

Radioiodine treatment-induced hypothyroid psychosis is uncommon. Our literature search shows only three cases of hypothyroid psychosis developed within 3 months after the radioiodine treatment. Our case represents the first case of radioiodine-induced hypothyroidism presenting as psychosis much later (14 years) after the radioiodine treatment. A 60-year-old Chinese lady, with long-standing prim...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether clinical and biochemical features of Graves' disease at presentation predict response to medical and radioiodine treatment. METHODS We carried out a retrospective 10-year study of 194 consecutive Saudi subjects with Graves' disease who were treated with antithyroid drugs, radioiodine therapy, or both, between January 1995 and December 2004 at King Khalid Univers...