Medicina Nuclear e Radioterapia

Marine-Lenhart syndrome: The of Nuclear Medicine in Diagnosis and Management

Abstract

Sofia Chkikar

The Marine-Lenhart syndrome is a rare disorder defined by the association or successive occurrence of Basedow's disease and autonomous thyroid nodules. This form is responsible for persistent hyperthyroidism requiring special treatment. Nuclear medicine contributes to the detection of this syndrome by means of thyroid scintigraphy, which allows its diagnosis by showing a hyperfixing parenchyma that is not inhibited by the presence of toxic nodules. Additionally, radioactive therapy is generally administered at higher doses, as this form is particularly resistant to standard treatment.