Endocrine Abstracts

Hyperthyroidism is common and in iodine-sufficient parts of the world the prevalence of overt hyperthyroidism is estimated to be 0.2% to 1.3%. The treatment options include antithyroid medication (ATD), thyroid surgery, or Radioactive iodine (RAI). The latter is increasingly used as a first line definitive treatment for hyperthyroidism. We reviewed the outcomes of patients who received RAI at our tertiary nuclear medicine department over a 4-year period (May 2015 to Dec 2019) ...