Thyroid abnormalities following neck irradiation for Hodgkins's disease. [Complications arising 2 to 16 years following irradiation]

Journal Article · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Cancer; (United States)

OSTI ID:6528996

Nelson, D F ^[1]; Venkat Reddy, K; O'Mara, R E; Rubin, P

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1. Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, NY

Thyroid function and scans were evaluated in fifty disease-free patients 2 to 16 yrs after receiving neck irradiation for the treatment of Hodgkin's disease. Twenty-five of 50 patients had abnormal thyroid studies: eight were hypothyroid, two were hypothyroid and had abnormal scans, one has an isolated elevation of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) and one developed exophthalmos. These data, obtained within a relatively short follow-up period, indicate that morphologic and functional abnormalities of the thyroid gland are not uncommon in patients who have received irradiation to the thyroid gland in the course of treatment for Hodgkin's disease. There is need for continuous reevaluation of the thyroid status in such patients.

• OSTI ID: 6528996
• Journal Information: Cancer; (United States), Journal Name: Cancer; (United States) Vol. 42:6; ISSN CANCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
BODY AREAS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
GLANDS
HODGKINS DISEASE
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INJURIES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LOCAL IRRADIATION
LYMPHOMAS
MEDICINE
MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES
NECK
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PERTECHNETATES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION INJURIES
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SCINTISCANNING
SIDE EFFECTS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
THERAPY
THYROID
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES