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Thyroid scan — An image taken of the thyroid gland after radioactive iodine is taken by mouth. The thyroid gland is in front of the neck: {{}}Thyroid scanning is a nuclear medicine procedure. As the thyroid gland accumulates radioactive material (usually,… … Medical dictionary
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Scan, thyroid — An image taken of the thyroid gland after radioactive iodine is taken by mouth. The thyroid gland is in front of the neck: Thyroid scanning is a nuclear medicine procedure. As the thyroid gland accumulates radioactive material (usually,… … Medical dictionary
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Sestamibi scan — A sestamibi scan of the parathyroid gland is a nuclear medicine procedure which is performed to identify hyperparathyroidism (or parathyroid adenoma). Sestamibi is a nuclear radiopharmaceutical (methoxy isobutyl isonitrile) which is bound to the… … Wikipedia
Octreotide scan — Diagnostics 111In pentetreotide scintigraphy of the 41 year old man with ectopic Cushing syndrome caused by a neuroendocrine carcinoma of the mesentery. Radiotracer accumulation in the left thyroid in 10/2003 (arrow). The mesenterial… … Wikipedia
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Nuclear medicine — Intervention ICD 10 PCS C ICD 9: 92 … Wikipedia
