Unusual complications of thyroid carcinoma
| Autor: | R E Morse, P J D Owen, J H Lazarus |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Thyroid nodules
Male endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Radiographic contrast media endocrine system diseases Contrast Media Case Report Malignancy Syncope Thyroid carcinoma Fatal Outcome medicine Carcinoma Humans Thyroid Neoplasms Aged Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Thyroid disease Thyroid General Medicine medicine.disease Fine-needle aspiration medicine.anatomical_structure Thyrotoxicosis Female Radiology business Follow-Up Studies Iodine |
| Popis: | Thyroid carcinomas are the most frequent endocrine malignancies. Complications may arise from an established malignancy and these may lead to the initial clinical presentation or cause subsequent problems. In this case report two elderly patients with differentiated and undifferentiated thyroid carcinomas who suffered unusual medical complications are described. The incidence and treatment of thyroid carcinoma is discussed and the importance of fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules and the recognition of iodine containing radiographic contrast media in the causation of iodine induced thyrotoxicosis is highlighted. |
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