title: Great cervical venous tumoral thrombosis of melanotic medullary carcinoma thyroid: Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography enabled diagnosis and radiotherapy planning.
abstract: The authors report an extremely rare occurrence of a massive tumor thrombus involving right internal and external jugular veins extending into superior vena cava from a still rarer melanotic medullary carcinoma thyroid in the postoperative follow-up. The case was managed by hypofractionated intensity modulated radiotherapy technique with gratifying results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Omega Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Mohana Vamsy
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chigurupati
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Omega Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Madiraju
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Omega Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Namrata
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chigurupati
authors.affiliation: Department of Radio Diagnosis, Omega Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Pawan Gulabrao
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Shinkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Omega Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Snehalatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhagam
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography, Omega Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Vatturi Venkata Satya
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Prabhakar Rao
keywords: Hypofractionated radiotherapy; intensity modulated radiotherapy; melanotic medullary carcinoma thyroid; tumor thrombus