Thyroid uptake scan

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Avatar m tn Over the last 12 years she has been taking Levoxyl. Does an Uptake Scan determine whether she has Thyroid Cancer.
Avatar m tn the scan showed mildly enlarged thyroid gland with increased and inhomogeneous tracer uptake indicate multiple small hyper-functioning nodules
1139187 tn?1355706647 Hello i had a thyroid uptake scan today. I have not seen the results, but today i was told that the uptake was 1.1 and that was very low. Normal is 5 to 10. Can anyone tell me what this means exactly please?
Avatar f tn What prompted the uptake scan? Have you had thyroid function tests - Free T4, Free T3 and TSH? Have you had a thyroid ultrasound? Do you know if you have Hashimoto's or Graves Disease? Uptake is relatively uniform throughout the thyroid except for that lower left pole, which would be that possible hot nodule. It doesn't say if you have multiple nodules or just the one possible hot nodule on left lobe. Hot nodules are hyperfunctioning and non-cancerous.
Avatar m tn Can I ask, is your scan supposed to be "clean" without any uptake right after your first RAI? My scan had uptake in the neck only and my doctor called that normal.
Avatar f tn I am wondering why my doctor would still want a thyroid uptake scan even though all my blood work came back normal? In March my family doctor did a free t4 level that came back high, so he ordered an ultra sound and referred me to an endocrinologist. I had the ulta sound in March which showed a 6 mm nodule on my thyroid.
Avatar f tn My thyroid test came back normal however the thyroid uptake scan, came back that I had Graves disease. The doctor is currently not doing anything. He believes that I do not have graves, but the scan was done three different times and each time it came back with the same thing. What do you suggust?
Avatar n tn Not sure what an RAI is....
Avatar n tn The results from my Uptake and scan was 41.47% which is hyperthyroid, thyroid lobes enlarged with homogeneous trapping of radioiodine. Also, no photopenic area noted. What does all this mean. However, all my blood work is normal. My endo. says my thyroid is working fine but still wants to do a FNA for a left nodule that measures 1.2cm. Should I be worried?
Avatar n tn Should Repliva 21/7 be stopped prior to a nuclear thyroid scan & uptake? Should jewelry (earrings) be removed prior? Would the scan/uptake be affected if they weren't removed?
Avatar n tn Just got my thryoid scan and uptake results today. The diagnosis section lists multinodular goiter, hyperthyroid, abnormal laboratory studies. The 24 hour uptake is 25% which is upper limits of normal range. The dominant nodule is warm. I have had bloodwork come back with TSH showing hyperthyroid but t3 and t4 are normal range. The ultrasound showed a 1 inch nodule. What does all this mean?
Avatar n tn What is a normal thyroid uptake? What does it mean if your thyroid uptake is 10 %?
Avatar f tn I need some help understanding my thyroid. I've had my blood drawn three times and they all show a very very hyperthyroid. However, I've had a thyroid uptake and scan and there is almost no activity, meaning i am very hypothyroid. I will be going to an endochronologist, but not for about 6 weeks. I was hoping to have some insight on this before I arrived. Any suggestions/comments will be appreciated!
Avatar n tn afterward I did uptake exam. scan of my thyroid. in the result of uptake, Dr said it is probabely thyroidits or hypo. because picture shows your thyroid's activity is less than normal ! It makes me confuse, my blood test indicates my thyroid is hyper but my uptake exam shows my thyroid is hypo or I have thyroiditis. is it normal? can these results be different? although my blood test shows I have hypo why uptake shows I have thyroiditis or hypo? please help me.
Avatar f tn 7 and In June I weight 135 and now I am 150.... My question is can the uptake upset the thyroid to the point of such aggressive weight gain? I have even upped my workouts to try and counter act since I am so miserable. I read a lot of posts of specific free t3 and 4 levels and uptake results, but I have not received my exact numbers, so sorry I can't post (I will try to call and get them if it will help suggestions and input).
Avatar n tn Also, what is the difference between 1-131 Uptake Scan versus 1-123 Uptake & Scan?
Avatar n tn An uptake scan, which is what you had, does not do that. An ultrasound looks at the thyroid inside and out, measures it, and detects any irregularities on the inside or the outside of the gland. If any suspicious nodules or cysts are found, they are evaluated for the potential of being cancerous. Your TG is low because the TGab is attacking the TG, which interferes with thyroid function.
Avatar n tn This is greater than the 9 mm left-sided nodule noted in the inferior left lobe of the thyroid on ultrasound from earlier in the day. Six-hour uptake slightly elevated at 15.4%; 24-hour uptake slightly elevated at 26.0%. Does this mean I may have a cancerous nodule?
Avatar f tn Now the doctor is sending me for a thyroid uptake scan. I am scared because in 2004 I was given iodine contrast for a kidney scan and I went into anaphalactic shock. It was the most painful, terrifying and suffocating experience of my life, not to mention the most expensive. I told the Radiologist, and he said to take a steroid pill two days before and one day before the scan and if anything goes wrong, there is an E.R. there. This isn't very comforting to me.