Suspected thyroid stunning after radioiodine-131 scanning in a patient with a diffuse goiter.
A case of suspected thyroid stunning is presented in a previously hyperthyroid patient with a diffuse goiter, who had undergone a 185 MBq (131)I-NaI thyroid scan shortly before a (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scan. A less likely alternative hypothesis is the development of early hypothyroidism, 3.5 weeks after a modest (131)I dose.
van Isselt
Johannes W
JW
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, NL-3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. J.W.vanIsselt@azu.nl
Oldenburg-Ligtenberg
P Christine
PC
van Rijk
Peter P
PP