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Title: Cystic thyroid mass following I-131 treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An unusual complication

Abstract

Several unusual complications of I-131 therapy for thyroid carcinoma are known. Two patients who developed a further unusual event that consisted of a palpable mass and cystic degeneration are described.

Authors:
; ; ; ;  [1]
  1. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7104919
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 14:12; Journal ID: ISSN 0363-9762
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CARCINOMAS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS; THYROID; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CYSTS; IODINE 131; NECROSIS; PATIENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man

Citation Formats

Morrish, D W, Jackson, F I, Lalani, Z H, Catz, Z, and Sloboda, R. Cystic thyroid mass following I-131 treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An unusual complication. United States: N. p., 1989. Web. doi:10.1097/00003072-198912000-00007.
Morrish, D W, Jackson, F I, Lalani, Z H, Catz, Z, & Sloboda, R. Cystic thyroid mass following I-131 treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An unusual complication. United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198912000-00007
Morrish, D W, Jackson, F I, Lalani, Z H, Catz, Z, and Sloboda, R. 1989. "Cystic thyroid mass following I-131 treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An unusual complication". United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198912000-00007.
@article{osti_7104919,
title = {Cystic thyroid mass following I-131 treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An unusual complication},
author = {Morrish, D W and Jackson, F I and Lalani, Z H and Catz, Z and Sloboda, R},
abstractNote = {Several unusual complications of I-131 therapy for thyroid carcinoma are known. Two patients who developed a further unusual event that consisted of a palpable mass and cystic degeneration are described.},
doi = {10.1097/00003072-198912000-00007},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7104919}, journal = {Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA)},
issn = {0363-9762},
number = ,
volume = 14:12,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
}