Naslov
No Adverse Effects After Radioiodine Treatment at 3 Weeks of Pregnancy

Autori
Radacic-Aumiler, Matea ; Kraljickovic, Iva ; Edeljic-Turk, Viktorija ; Makar-Ausperger, Ksenija ; Likic, Robert ; Simic, Iveta

Izvornik
Clinical Nuclear Medicine (0363-9762) 41 (2016), 12; 964-965

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
radioactive iodine, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy

Sažetak
Radioactive iodine is used for the treatment of hyperthyroidism. Because it accumulates in the fetal thyroid, its administration during pregnancy may cause severe and potentially irreversible hypothyroidism in neonates, with consequent mental retardation, and it is contraindicated during the whole pregnancy. We present a case of a pregnant woman inadvertently treated with 1 mCi (37 MBq) of I in the earliest period of pregnancy and subsequently gave birth to a male infant without signs or symptoms of hypothyroidism or any other damage. This case illustrates that when radioactive iodine administration happens around the third week of gestation pregnancy outcome can be normal.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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