Metástasis cerebral de carcinoma diferenciado del tiroides / Brain metastases of a differentiated thyroid cancer: report of one case
Rev. chil. endocrinol. diabetes
;
4(1): 23-25, ene. 2011. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-640625
ABSTRACT
Brain metastases are observed in approximately 1 percent of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. We report a 56 years old woman subjected to a thyroidectomy due to a follicular thyroid cancer with lymph node involvement. The patient also received 79 mCi of radioiodine and levothyroxine was started. One year later a local relapse and lung dissemination was found. The patient was subjected to a surgical neck exploration and radioiodine in a dose of 250 mCi was given again. One year after this episode, a new local relapse was diagnosed and lung metastases increased in size and number. The patient presented a left hemiparesis and a brain CAT scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple metastatic lesions. The patient was considered intractable and died eight months later.
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Main subject:
Brain Neoplasms
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Thyroid Neoplasms
/
Carcinoma
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. endocrinol. diabetes
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital San Juan de Dios/CL
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Universidad de Chile/CL
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