Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid following radio-iodine therapy.
We describe a 79 year old lady who presented with a cytologically confirmed anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid gland eleven years after administration of radio-iodine for thyrotoxicosis. This is, we believe, the first such occurrence documented in the Irish literature.
Peters
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Department of Medicine, Meath Hospital, Dublin.
O'Reilly
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Barragry
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JM
D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013997:Time Factors
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes