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Is a thyroid nuclear scan considered to be a treatment or just a test?
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Test: Uses: hyperthyroid patients, following thyroid cancer, and as a prelude to receiving radioactive iodine to treat thyroid cancer. Should not be used routinely to work up thyroid nodules.
Answered 7/7/2012
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Just a test: A thyroid uptake and scan is used to aid the differential diagnosis of newly diagnosed thyrotoxicosis and ideally should use i-123 as the radiopharmaceutical (low energy isotope for testing). If the test shows increased thyroid function such as in grave's disease or multi-nodular goiter i-131 can be use to ablate the thyroid gland if this is desire.
Answered 6/19/2015
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