Scanning techniques to assess thyroid nodules.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalAnnual review of medicine
Year 1975
Despite its nonspecificity, the thyroid scan remains an important diagnostic aid in the evaluation of the patient with a solitary thyroid nodule. Dual radionuclide thyroid imaging using 99m-Tc pertechnetate and 123-I offers useful information than either alone. The role of complementary diagnostic modalities using ultransonography and thermography looks promising but is as yet unclear.
Epistemonikos ID: 9c3b3d358bb9fda23d4eb5c45866de29a70b3ffb
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