99m-Tc PERTECHNETATE THYROID SCAN

DATE: 11/10/2005

PROCEDURE:  Following intravenous administration of 99m-Tc Pertechnetate and a 15 – 20 minute uptake period, anterior, left-anterior-oblique, and right-anterior-oblique projection images of the neck were acquired.

99m Tc Pertechnetate DOSE: [6] mCi 

COMPARISON: None. 

CLINICAL HISTORY: The patient is a [...]-year-old [fe]male with a history of [...]. The patient is now referred for evaluation of thyroid gland.

FINDINGS:  Delayed imaging showed homogeneous tracer uptake in the bilateral thyroid glands with no nodule identified.

CONCLUSIONS:  Normal 99m-Tc Pertechnetate thyroid study with percentage uptake in the normal range.

Thank you for referring this patient to the UCLA Medicine Clinic.

I, [...], M.D., Ph.D., have reviewed this Nuclear Medicine study personally, and am in full agreement with the findings of the report presented here.