Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of our study was to assess the effectiveness of radioiodine therapy (RIT) on the achievement of euthyroidism and reduction of thyroid volume, in patients with toxic nodular goitre (TNG).Material and methods: During the last 7 years, we treated 3800 patients with TNG, aged 30-70 years; 82% female and 18% male; 2200 patients with multinodular goitre (MNG) and 1600 with autonomous toxic nodule (ATN); thyroid volume ranged between 16 and 130 ml (30% ...