Radioactive iodine therapy in poorly differentiated thyroid cancer. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: A 55-year-old male was diagnosed with poorly differentiated thyroid cancer after total thyroidectomy, which was performed because of progressive enlargement of a dominant thyroid nodule. He developed an early cervical recurrence that was treated with modified neck dissection. He subsequently developed biopsy-proven progressive pulmonary metastases. INVESTIGATIONS: Neck and chest CT scans, laboratory tests, CT-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy, [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-PET scan, lesional dosimetry using 124I PET scan, diagnostic radioactive iodine (RAI) scanning, whole-body and blood RAI dosimetry, and single-photon-emission CT. DIAGNOSIS: Stage IV poorly differentiated thyroid cancer. MANAGEMENT: Surgical resection of cervical recurrence, RAI therapy.

publication date

  • November 1, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Thyroid Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 35648939210

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/ncponc0979

PubMed ID

  • 17965644

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 4

issue

  • 11