[Some aspects of evaluating the thyroid gland scanning image normally and in pathology]

The authors studied 1252 scannograms of 1170 patients. Plane image variants of the shape of normal, dystopic and maldeveloped thyroid gland were studied. Scannographic image of the structure of pathology of the organ and peculiarities of absorption and distribution of radioactive indicators (I131, Tc99m), depending on the histological picture of the pathological process and other factors stimulating or blocking its function are discussed. Practical significance of the method in clinical endocrinology is emphasized and sources of diagnostic errors possible in interpretation of the form and structure of the scannographic picture of the gland under normal and pathological conditions are elucidated.