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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