The role of radioactive iodine therapy in the treatment of insular thyroid carcinoma: A case report.
- Author:
Caverte Emeline Gail C.
;
Barrenechea Emerita A.
- Publication Type:Case report
- MeSH: Human; Male; Middle Aged; Iodine; Parietal Bone; Thyroid Neoplasms; Iodides; Radionuclide Imaging; Ribs; Epithelial Cells
- From: The Philippine Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2016;11(2):57-59
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This is a case of a 54-year-old male, diagnosed to have insular thyroid carcinoma. The histopathologic characteristic of this rare neoplasm arising from follicular epithelial cells has the potential to take up 1-131 As shown in his postoperative 1-131 imaging, there are iodine-avid lesions in the parietal bone, thyroidal beds, ribs and vertebrae. The presence of these lesions in a &agnostic radioactive iodine scan makes it possible to do radioactive iodine therapy. A follow-up diagnostic study with 1-131 shows interval resolution and regression of the metastatic lesions. Thus, radioactive iodine therapy has a role in the treatment of this rare and aggressive neoplasm.