Thyroid Hormone Supression Scan (1)
T3 (Triiodothyronine):
- 25 ug 3 times/day by mouth x 8 days prior to control scan. (2)
T4 (Thyroxine):
- 0,2 mg /day by mouth x 21 days prior to control scan. (3)
References:
1 Royal RE, Delpassand ES, Shapiro SE, Fritsche HA Jr, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Sherman SI, Gagel RF, Evans DB, Lee JE. Improving the yield of preoperative parathyroid localization: technetium Tc 99m-sestamibi imaging after thyroid suppression.Surgery. 2002 Dec;132(6):968-74.
2 Park HM, The Thyroid Gland in Henkin RE et al. Nuclear Medicine. Mosby St Louis 1996, p 838.
3 Sisson JC, Thyroid in Paul J Early and D Bruce Sodee. Principles and Practice of Nuclear Medicine. Mosby, St Louis, p 629, 1995.
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