Dose selection for radioiodine therapy of borderline hyperthyroid patients according to thyroid uptake of 99mTc-pertechnetate: applicability to unifocal thyroid autonomy?

Reinhardt, Michael J; Biermann, Kim; Wissmeyer, Michael; Juengling, Freimut D; Brockmann, Holger; von Mallek, Dirk; Ezziddin, Samer; Joe, Alexius Y; Krause, Thomas M (2006). Dose selection for radioiodine therapy of borderline hyperthyroid patients according to thyroid uptake of 99mTc-pertechnetate: applicability to unifocal thyroid autonomy? European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 33(5), pp. 608-12. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s00259-005-0051-9

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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of applying a previously described dose strategy based on (99m)Tc-pertechnetate thyroid uptake under thyrotropin suppression (TcTU(s)) to radioiodine therapy for unifocal thyroid autonomy. METHODS: A total of 425 consecutive patients (302 females, 123 males; age 63.1+/-10.3 years) with unifocal thyroid autonomy were treated at three different centres with (131)I, using Marinelli's formula for calculation of three different absorbed dose schedules: 100-300 Gy to the total thyroid volume according to the pre-treatment TcTU(s) (n=146), 300 Gy to the nodule volume (n=137) and 400 Gy to the nodule volume (n=142). RESULTS: Successful elimination of functional thyroid autonomy with either euthyroidism or hypothyroidism occurred at a mean of 12 months after radioiodine therapy in 94.5% of patients receiving 100-300 Gy to the thyroid volume, in 89.8% of patients receiving 300 Gy to the nodule volume and in 94.4% receiving 400 Gy to the nodule volume. Reduction in thyroid volume was highest for the 100-300 Gy per thyroid and 400 Gy per nodule strategies (36+/-19% and 38+/-20%, respectively) and significantly lower for the 300 Gy per nodule strategy (28+/-16%; p<0.01). CONCLUSION: A dose strategy based on the TcTU(s) can be used independently of the scintigraphic pattern of functional autonomous tissue in the thyroid.

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