--- title: Nuclear Medicine description: La Medicina Nuclear es una especialidad médica del campo del diagnóstico por la imagen que utiliza muy pequeñas cantidades de sustancias radiactivas, para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de diversas enfermedades. --- --- ### Overview Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty within the field of diagnostic imaging that uses very small amounts of radioactive substances—radiopharmaceuticals—to obtain diagnostic images, known as scans.    It also includes therapeutic procedures using radioactive isotopes. Nuclear Medicine offers various diagnostic procedures to assess the condition and function of several organs and systems.    It also includes some therapeutic procedures, the best known being radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid disorders—a highly effective and minimally invasive treatment used since the mid-20th century.   --- ### Common Conditions Treated - Bone disease diagnosis (metastases, occult lesions, hidden fractures) - Myocardial perfusion study (heart) - Kidney and glomerular function evaluation - Tumor detection and cancer recurrence - Thyroid and parathyroid study (hyperthyroidism, cold or hot nodules) - Treatment of hyperthyroidism or thyroid cancer with I-131 --- ### What to Expect During Your Visit Unlike conventional radiology, the images are not generated by external emission from the device. Instead, the radiopharmaceutical is introduced into the body, and the radiation is captured externally by a gamma camera. --- ### Specialized Services High-resolution SPECT-CT for functional studies. Specialized staff in nuclear medicine and radiation protection. Direct coordination with oncology, cardiology and vascular, digestive, pulmonology, neurology, nephrology, urology, and endocrinology. --- ### Additional Services and Tests Musculoskeletal system  Bone scintigraphy  Endocrinology  Thyroid scintigraphy  Whole-body I-131 scan  Parathyroid scintigraphy with 99mTc-MIBI  Cardiology and vascular  Myocardial perfusion SPECT after stress and at rest  Myocardial viability assessment with 99mTc-MIBI at rest  Lymphoscintigraphy of limbs  Pulmonology  Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy  Pulmonary ventilation scintigraphy  Quantified pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy  NephroUrology  Conventional renogram  Renogram after diuretic stimulation  Renogram after captopril and baseline (renovascular hypertension study)  Renal scintigraphy  Isotopic cystography  Testicular scintigraphy  Neurology  Cerebral perfusion SPECT  Cerebral SPECT with DATSCAN® for Parkinsonism evaluation  Cisternography. CSF dynamics  Gastroenterology  Lacrimal gland scintigraphy  Salivary gland scintigraphy  Esophageal transit/clearance scintigraphy  Gastroesophageal reflux scintigraphy  Gastric emptying scintigraphy (solids/liquids)  Hepatic scintigraphy with labeled red blood cells (hepatic hemangioma study)  Biliary tract scintigraphy  Scintigraphy for diagnosis of ectopic gastric mucosa (Meckel’s diverticulum)  Detection of gastrointestinal bleeding with labeled red blood cells  Inflammation and infection  Whole-body Gallium-67 scan  Labeled leukocyte scintigraphy for orthopedic infection  Oncology  Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node detection in melanoma  Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node detection in breast cancer  Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node detection in other tumors  Radioguided localization of occult breast lesions  Treatments  Radiosynoviorthesis of large and small joints  Hyperthyroidism treatment    *Check availability at each center [Book your appointment online now at the Hospiten of your choice ](https://hospiten.com/en/appointment?ref_th=speciality&ref_id=212630144220) --- ### Where to find this specialty - 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