Delayed Presentation of Functioning Metastasis in a Patient with Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

Functioning metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma are rare and present a great therapeutic challenge. Here, we present an unusual case of a patient with metastatic thyroid carcinoma who developed a hyperthyroid state a few years after the diagnosis due to functioning metastases. Radioiodi...

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Autores principales: Alexandre, Maria Inês, Donato, Sara, Vilar, Helena, Leite, Valeriano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673090
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13020281
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author Alexandre, Maria Inês
Donato, Sara
Vilar, Helena
Leite, Valeriano
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description Functioning metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma are rare and present a great therapeutic challenge. Here, we present an unusual case of a patient with metastatic thyroid carcinoma who developed a hyperthyroid state a few years after the diagnosis due to functioning metastases. Radioiodine treatment was effective in controlling the hyperthyroidism; however, it had no effect on tumor burden. By sharing our experience with this case, we hope to raise awareness for this rare condition and the ways to manage it.
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spelling pubmed-98585862023-01-21 Delayed Presentation of Functioning Metastasis in a Patient with Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Alexandre, Maria Inês Donato, Sara Vilar, Helena Leite, Valeriano Diagnostics (Basel) Interesting Images Functioning metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma are rare and present a great therapeutic challenge. Here, we present an unusual case of a patient with metastatic thyroid carcinoma who developed a hyperthyroid state a few years after the diagnosis due to functioning metastases. Radioiodine treatment was effective in controlling the hyperthyroidism; however, it had no effect on tumor burden. By sharing our experience with this case, we hope to raise awareness for this rare condition and the ways to manage it. MDPI 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9858586/ /pubmed/36673090 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13020281 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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