title: Thyroid scans.
abstract: This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2012, which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you and interpretation of results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. joseph_lee@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Khafagi
mesh_terms: D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m