Recombinant Human Thyrotropin-Aided Radioiodine Therapy in Tracheal Obstruction by an Invading Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

Recombinant Human Thyrotropin-Aided Radioiodine Therapy in Tracheal Obstruction by an Invading Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) usually extend to lymph nodes in the neck and mediastinum. Rarely, they invade the neighboring upper airway anatomical structures. We report a 56-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of upper airway obstruction. Imaging studies revealed a lesion derived from...

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Main Authors: Nickolaos Pontikides, Spyridon Karras, Antonios Papagiannis, Athina Kaprara, Panagiotis Anagnostis, George Noussios, Argyrios Doumas, Apostolos Goropoulos, Ioannis Iakovou, Georgios Kotronis, Konstantinos Bantis, Gerasimos Krassas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/579527
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