radio-iodine scanning (in thyrotoxicosis)
Last reviewed 07/2021
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.