Uptake of thallium-201 in enlarged thyroid glands. Concise communication
We have investigated the thyroid uptake of Tl-201 in 37 patients with various types of goiter, and in six with normal thyroids. Significant thallium uptake was found in all cases in which there was thyroid enlargement, including Graves' disease, toxic thyroid nodule, primary hypothyroidism, simple goiter, Hashimoto's disease, thyroid carcinoma, and thyroid adenoma. If goiter was absent, however, there was no demonstrable uptake - e.g., in secondary hypothyroidism, subacute thyroiditis, and the normal controls. Thallium uptake did not correlate with thyroid function tests such as BMR, T/sub 3/-RU, T/sub 3/, T/sub 4/, TSH, antithyroid antibodies, or the 24-hr I-131 uptake. In 23 patients with diffuse goiter, on the other hand, maximum Tl-201 uptake correlated well with thyroid weight: r = 0.836 (p < 0.001); y = 0.02 x + 0.06.
- Research Organization:
- Hyogo Coll. of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
- OSTI ID:
- 6137558
- Journal Information:
- J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 20:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
GOITER
DIAGNOSIS
THALLIUM 201
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
SCINTISCANNING
THYROID
CORRELATIONS
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYPERTHYROIDISM
HYPOTHYROIDISM
IODINE 131
ISOLATED VALUES
PATIENTS
THYROIDITIS
UPTAKE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DATA
DATA FORMS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
GLANDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
THALLIUM ISOTOPES
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