Thyroid carcinoma with spinal cord compression.
Characteristics of cases of spinal cord compression from metastatic thyroid carcinoma show that this rare complication is not necessarily a preterminal event. It seems to have some propensity to occur during withdrawal of thyroid suppressive therapy in preparation for radioactive iodine treatment.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma; D000368:Aged; D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms
D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes