THYROID (T3) SUPPRESSION TEST (Y19,612)


(T3) MEDICINE (3 TIMES/DAY) FOR 1 WEEK, (75ugram/day)

-SAME AS THYROID UPTAKE SCAN
(3HR POST 123I ADMINISTRATION),(THYROID UPTAKE),(PRESET TIME=2MIN),(SUPINE),(ANT),(CAPSULE CALIBRATED WITH PHANTOM), (A BACKGROUND ACTIVITY AT THE KNEE JOINT)

-SOMETIMES 24HR UPTAKE IS CALCULATED. (NO IMAGE IS REQUIRED).


*T3 SUPPRESSION TEST-FAILURE TO SUPPRESS
-EUTHYROID AUTONOMOUS ADENOMA
-EUTHYROID GRAVES' DISEASE
-GRAVES' DISEASE WITH HYPERTHYROID FUNCTION
-TOXIC ADENOMA
-TOXIC MULTINODULAR GOITER