Penang Adventist Hospital is a centre of excellence for thyroid disorders, offering comprehensive thyroid-related services, including medical consultations, laboratory tests, imaging, surgery, radioiodine-131 therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, speech therapy, and dietary consultations.
Our team of specialised consultants manages a spectrum of thyroid-related disorders, including thyroid function disorders such as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, goiter, and thyroid cancers.
We are proud to be the first private hospital in Northern Malaysia fully-equipped to manage thyroid cancer. Our dedicated custom-built isolation rooms feature a state-of-the-art decay tank system, ensuring optimal and safe performance of radioiodine-131 therapy for patients with differentiated thyroid cancers. Additionally, we are pioneers in Northern Malaysia as the first private hospital to possess SPECT/CT and digital PET/CT scanners, allowing for the detection, staging, restaging, and evaluation of treatment responses in thyroid cancers.
Nuclear Medicine Centre
SPECT/CT Scanner
Custom-build isolation rooms
Custom-built toilet
Digital PET/CT Scanner
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list of thyroid-related services
The following is the list of thyroid-related services offered in our hospital:
Treatment of Hyperthyroidism
Treatment of Hypothyroidism
Treatment of Non-toxic Goiter
Blood tests including Thyroid Function Tests (TSH, T4, T3), Thyroglobulin (Tg), Anti-Thyroglobulin (anti-Tg), Thyrotropin Receptor Antibodies (TRAb)
Ultrasound Imaging of neck including the Thyroid
Contrasted and Uncontrasted CT / MRI of the neck
Thyroid (Tc-99m Pertechnetate) Scan using SPECT/CT
Radioiodine-131 Scan using SPECT/CT
PET-CT Scans for Thyroid Cancer, including Medullary, Anaplastic, and Dedifferentiated Thyroid Cancers
Fine-needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodule
Thyroid Nodule Biopsy
Thyroid Surgery (Lobectomy, Hemithyroidectomy, Total Thyroidectomy, Nodal Dissection, Debulking Surgery)
Radioiodine-131 Therapy for Hyperthyroidism and Thyroid Cancer
Chemotherapy including Thyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (Lenvatinib, Sorafenib)
Radiation Therapy
Speech Assessment and Therapy for Patients with Vocal Cord Palsy or on Tracheostomy
