Laboratory evaluation of anatomic disorders of the thyroid.

Abstract:

:Thyroid function tests, radioiodine uptake and scintiscanning, and antithyroid antibody titers are the main laboratory tests useful in the management of goiter. Scintiscanning and ultrasonography aid in differentiating a functioning adenoma from a "cold" solid nodule--a crucial distinction since the incidence of cancer in a cold nodule is 20 percent. Radioiodine scanning and serum thyroglobulin help in the diagnosis of a well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Serum calcitonin serves as a reliable tumor marker for medullary carcinoma.

journal_name

Am Fam Physician

authors

Kabadi UM

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-11-01 00:00:00

pages

195-203

issue

5

eissn

0002-838X

issn

1532-0650

journal_volume

28

pub_type

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