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ArticleAnnals of nuclear medicine2024

Factors predicting remission in hyperthyroid patients after low-dose I-131 therapy: 20 years retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital.

Shrinivas Yuvan S, Subramanyam Padma, Palaniswamy Shanmuga Sundaram

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Article in Annals of nuclear medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Pediatric Graves' Hyperthyroidism.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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Shrinivas Yuvan SAmrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India.
Subramanyam PadmaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3550-1756
Palaniswamy Shanmuga SundaramDepartment of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Cochin, Kerala, 682041, India. drpssundaram@gmail.com.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre · IN

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Abstract

objectiveTo assess the therapeutic outcome and factors predicting remission in hyperthyroid patients treated with low-dose I-131 (radioactive iodine) from a tertiary care hospital in South India.

methodsThis 20-year single-institutional retrospective study was carried out on 3891 hyperthyroid adult patients. Only those patients with complete clinical records were audited. Selection criteria were based on patients with scintigraphic diagnosis of either Graves' disease (GD), toxic multinodular goitre (TMNG) or autonomous toxic nodule (ATN) and the records of those who received low-dose I-131 therapy (LDT) between March 2000 and 2020 at Amrita Institute, Cochin were analysed. SPSS 10 software was used for statistical analysis.

resultsThe records of 3891 hyperthyroid predominantly female patients were analysed. 65% patients had GD, 33% had TMNG and 3% were ATN. High rates of remission as early as 12 weeks (in 61% patients) was observed with a single dose of LDT while on strict iodine-free diet for 3-4 weeks prior to LDT. Study reveals that those with lower free T4 (fT4), small goitre (thyroid volume < 25 cm

conclusionHigh therapeutic outcome was observed with a single dose of LDT while on iodine-free diet. Remission with single dose of LDT occurred in 90% patients by 5th month. Of them 56% patients were treatment naive prior to LDT. LDT is thus a safe and effective therapy in hyperthyroid patients and can be recommended as a primary modality of management.

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Goiter, NodularGraves DiseaseHyperthyroidismThyroid NeoplasmsAdultFemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRetrospective StudiesTertiary Care CentersIodine-131Iodine RadioisotopesAntithyroid medicationsGraves’ diseaseHyperthyroidismLow-dose I-131 therapyThyrotoxicosis

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