| Literature DB >> 17965644 |
R Michael Tuttle1, Ravinder K Grewal, Steve M Larson.
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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.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17965644 DOI： 10.1038/ncponc0979
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Clin Pract Oncol ISSN： 1743-4254