False about isotope scanning
Radiolabelled iodine (123I) is used majority (80%) of 'cold' swellings are benign and some (5%) functioning or 'warm' swellings will be malignant. Principal value is in the toxic patient with a nodule or nodularity of the thyroid.Ref: Bailey and love 27e, page no: 804
Radiolabelled iodine (123I) is used
Majority (80%) of 'cold' swellings are benign
5% functioning or 'warm' swellings will be malignant
Useful in hypothyroid patients
Endocrinology and breast