Aplicaciones actuales de las técnicas radioisotópicas en la patología endocrinológica / Current applications of radioisotopic techniques in endocrinological pathology
Rev. chil. radiol
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8(2): 53-58, 2002. ilus
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em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Nuclear Endocrinology was the first clinical use of radionuclides, five decades ago. From those days to the present, nuclear medicine has a definitive role in the diagnosis of a great variety of clinical situations, from the very frequent thyroid nodule to the unusual neuroendocrine tumors, including parathyroid hyperfunctioning tissue. Radioiodine I131 still remains a very effective treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer and whole body scan with I131 in conjunction with seric Tyroglobulin level are the main follow-up strategies for these tumors. New techniques, like positron emission tomography (PET) and newer radiolabeled peptides, among others, will offer a molecular approach to the 21st century clinical nuclear medicine.
RESUMEN
Se presentan las principales indicaciones actuales de los estudios radioisotópicos en endocrinología clínica, y su situación relativa con el resto de las técnicas de imagen no invasivas disponibles en nuestro medio. Se discuten brevemente las nuevas aplicaciones terapéuticas y su potencial desarrollo.
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Assunto principal:
Cintilografia
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Doenças do Sistema Endócrino
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Medicina Nuclear
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. chil. radiol
Assunto da revista:
Radiologia
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital de la Dirección de Previsión de Carabineros de Chile/CL
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