[A case of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland, with uptaking metastases, treated with surgery and isotope therapy].
A short review of the relevant literature is followed by the presentation of a case of follicular cancer of the thyroid with uptaking spinal metastases. Five months after almost total thyroidectomy for right macrofollicular goitre and left follicular cancer, a 131-I scintiscan showed uptake in the right lobe of the thyroid and IX and X dorsal vertabrae. Resection of the remainder of the thyroid was followed by the administration of 100 and then 150 mC of 131-I. The result at 10 months was satisfactory, though not final; no uptake at the Xth vertebra, reduced uptake at the IXth, disappearance of subjective and objective symptoms of spinal pain.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes
Su un caso di carcinoma follicolare della tiroide con metastasi captanti, trattato con terapia chirurgica ed isotopica