Thyroid scintigraphy during antithyroid treatment for autonomous nodules as a means of imaging extranodular tissue.
The scintigraphic appearance of the thyroid gland after a course of methimazole treatment was studied in 22 patients with autonomous hot nodules. After 2-3 months of treatment the extranodular tissue was reactivated in almost every patient. This treatment constitutes an endogenous TSH stimulation test and may be used clinically in selected cases.
Reschini
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Nuclear Medicine Service, Ospedale Maggiore of Milan, Italy.
Peracchi
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D006801:Humans; D008713:Methimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008722:Methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008713:Methimazole