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Hyperthyroidism with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma

Journal Article · · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7055288
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A 70-yr-old woman presented with hyperthyroidism and metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. The blood level of thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (TSIg) was elevated. A total thyroidectomy was performed. One month later she remained hyperthyroid. Three weeks after therapy with 218 mCi of I-131 sodium iodide, the patient was euthyroid. Six months after the initial radioiodide therapy, she was again hyperthyroid and was given a second oral treatment dose of I-131 (220 mCi). Five months later, the patient had again become euthyroid. It is likely that initially the woman's metastases were producing sufficient hormone to render her hyperthyroid. After thyroidectomy and two large doses of radioiodide, she has remained euthyroid without having to take exogenous hormone.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford
OSTI ID:
7055288
Journal Information:
J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 25:4; ISSN JNMEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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550601 -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
550604* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Therapy-- (1980-)
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARCINOMAS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
GLANDS
GLOBULINS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYPERTHYROIDISM
IMMUNOGLOBULINS
INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODIDES
IODINE 131
IODINE COMPOUNDS
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHOSPHORS
PROTEINS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SCINTISCANNING
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM IODIDES
SURGERY
THERAPY
THYROID
THYROIDECTOMY