title: Nuclear medicine of the thyroid gland. Scintigraphy and radioiodine therapy.
abstract: Nuclear medicine may have both diagnostic and therapeutic utility during the evaluation and management of thyroid disease. This article will focus on the use of radionuclide scintigraphy and radioactive iodine therapy in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease in the dog and cat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Studies, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Kintzer
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004285:Dogs; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes