RESUMO
A method of radiometry of the whole body was applied to the study of iodine metabolism in 288 patients directed for examination with a preliminary diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis. The state of iodine metabolism was disturbed in half of them. In 9.1 per cent the changes corresponded to thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism. In the rest--disturbances followed the type of dissociation of iodine metabolism, i.e. only one of its phases altered, with a normal value of the rest. A total of 4 dissociation types were noted. The most frequent were the following: normal accumulation of iodine in the thyroid gland in combination with reduced level of organic iodine in the body and increased ioding content in the thyroid gland in combination with the normal organic iodine level in the body.
