Radical mastectomy in a patient with coexistent Graves' disease.
A patient with the coincidental occurrence of thyrotoxicosis and medullary carcinoma of the breast is reported. Survivorship was considered optimal by performance of a mastectomy without the six to eight weeks' delay required to achieve euthyroidism by antithyroid drugs or radioiodine. The hyperthyroidism was controlled with propranolol, permitting an uneventful radical mastectomy.
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006347:Heart Sounds; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008408:Mastectomy; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011433:Propranolol