Nuclear Medicine of the Thyroid Gland. Scintigraphy and Radioiodine Therapy

Kintzer P.P. and Peterson M.E.

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 1994. 24(3): p.587-605.

 

Nuclear medicine may have both diagnostic and therapeutic utility during the evaluation and management of thyroid disease. This article will focus on the use of radionuclide scintigraphy and radioactive iodine therapy in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease in the dog and cat.