Papillary cancer in a patient treated with radioiodine for Graves' hyperthyroidism. Case report and a review of the risk.
A small encapsulated papillary thyroid cancer was found in a patient who had received I-131 therapy for Graves' disease 31 months previously. The relationship of Graves' hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer is discussed, as well as the possible role of I-131 as a cause of the cancer. The published data do not support I-131 as an etiology. The patient is clinically well and cured of both hyperthyroidism and the cancer.
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Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
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D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000209:etiology*; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D012306:Risk; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes