NUCLEAR MEDICINE & ITS APPLICATIONS

Authors

  • M SAEED AKHTAR Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.
  • AFZAL NADEEM Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.
  • JAVAID IRFAN ULLAH Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2002.9.02.5381

Abstract

N uclear Medicine is involved in diagnosis of many clinical problems. Similarly therapeutic role involves treatment
of diseases in many treatment of thyroid diseases like Grave’s disease, toxic hot nodule toxic multinodular goiter
(MNG) and ablation of differentiated carcinoma of thyroid with radioactive iodine organs (131I) similarly 32P is used
for bone pain palliation in metastasis. Medical students have minimum exposure to Nuclear Medicine at
undergraduate and even at postgraduate level. This review would briefly introduce the subject and would also be
helpful for FCPS-II students.

Author Biographies

M SAEED AKHTAR, Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

Consultant Nuclear Physician

AFZAL NADEEM, Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

Senior Scientific Officer

JAVAID IRFAN ULLAH, Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

Consultant Nuclear Physician

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Published

2002-06-18

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 02 (2002): Vol 09 No 02

Section

Articles