Unusual case of hepatic metastasis in follicular thyroid carcinoma detected using I-131 whole body scintigraphy and single-photon emission computerized tomography/computerized tomography

Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas, together known as differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC), are among the most curable of cancers. Distant metastases are rare events at the onset of DTC. Among these presentations, metastasis to the liver is even more unusual. Only 11 cases of DTC with li...

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Autores principales: Kamaleshwaran, Koramadai Karuppusamy, Natarajan, Sudhakar, Mohanan, Vyshak, Shinto, Ajit Sugunan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26430327
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.164017
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Sumario:Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas, together known as differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC), are among the most curable of cancers. Distant metastases are rare events at the onset of DTC. Among these presentations, metastasis to the liver is even more unusual. Only 11 cases of DTC with liver metastasis were previously reported in the literature. We present a 55-year-old male on Iodine-131 whole body scintigraphy showed intense uptake in thyroid bed, metastasis in both lungs and right lobe of the liver. Radioiodine concentration in liver metastases made him amenable to high-dose radioiodine therapy patient.

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