Nuclear Imaging and Therapy of Thyroid Disorders

Saima Muzahir, MD; Erin E. Grady, MD

doi:10.36255/nuclear-imaging-and-therapy-of-thyroid-disorders

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Published: Nov 8, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36255/nuclear-imaging-and-therapy-of-thyroid-disorders

Keywords:

hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, radioiodine treatment, thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules

Saima Muzahir, MD

Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Erin E. Grady, MD

Stanford University, Department of Radiology, Palo Alto, CA, USA

ABSTRACT

This chapter reviews the basics of molecular imaging in thyroid disease and special considerations in radioiodine therapy of benign diseases such as Graves’ disease, autonomously functioning nodules, and toxic multinodular goiter. It also discusses the use of radioiodine therapy in the setting of differentiated thyroid carcinomas. A brief discussion of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in medullary thyroid cancer is also included.