Cancer of the thyroid following radium application to the neck.
A young patient, suffering from thyroid carcinoma 24 years after radium treatment of the neck, is presented. The cancer appeared in the area which has been irradiated. In the present case, the thyroid was exposed to a relatively low dose of radiation. The importance of ionizing radiation and its carcinogenic effect in the juvenile thyroid are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011883:Radium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
D011883:Radium