Dramatic response of follicular thyroid carcinoma with superior vena cava syndrome and tracheal obstruction to external-beam radiotherapy

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · American Journal of Medicine; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9343(05)80066-X· OSTI ID:5396830

Wilford, M R; Chertow, B S; Lepanto, P B; Leidy, Jr, J W ^[1]

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1. Section of Endocrinology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia (USA)

We report a patient with follicular thyroid carcinoma progressing to superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome and tracheal obstruction despite multiple doses of radioactive iodine therapy but subsequently responding dramatically to external-beam radiotherapy (RT). Although RT is not considered to be the treatment of choice for follicular carcinoma, RT in our patient produced unequivocal improvement of SVC syndrome and tracheal obstruction.

• OSTI ID: 5396830
• Journal Information: American Journal of Medicine; (United States), Vol. 90:6; ISSN 0002-9343
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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