Thyroid carcinoma induced by irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. Report of a case.
In a 22-year-old male, who had been irradiated 16 years previously for Hodgkin's disease, a radiation-induced thyroid carcinoma developed. This was the only case with such development in a group of 207 cases with Hodgkin's disease who were treated by irradiation including the thyroid gland.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology