Radio-iodine scanning (in thyrotoxicosis)
Radioisotope iodine scanning is useful for differentiating:
- Grave's disease - diffuse uptake
- toxic nodules - localised areas of high uptake
- subacute thyroiditis - reduced uptake
Reference:
- Prescribers' Journal (1999), 39 (1), 1-8.
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