Papillary thyroid carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes with vanished thyroid gland after ablation of Graves' disease by radioactive iodine

O Hamdy; S Raafat; G A Saleh; K Atallah; Mahmoud M Saleh; A M Shebl; M A Hegazy

doi:10.1308/rcsann.2019.0033

Papillary thyroid carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes with vanished thyroid gland after ablation of Graves' disease by radioactive iodine

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2019 May;101(5):e122-e124. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0033. Epub 2019 Mar 11.

Authors

O Hamdy¹, S Raafat², G A Saleh³, K Atallah¹, Mahmoud M Saleh¹, A M Shebl², M A Hegazy¹

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Oncology Unit, Oncology Center Mansoura University , Mansoura , Egypt.
² Pathology Department, Faculty of medicine, Mansoura University , Mansoura , Egypt.
³ Radiology Department, Faculty of medicine, Mansoura University , Mansoura , Egypt.

Abstract

Primary thyroid carcinoma after thyroid ablation by radioactive iodine is rare. We present a very rare condition of lateral apparent papillary thyroid carcinoma eight years after receiving radioactive iodine for thyrotoxicosis, which led to complete anatomical and functional involution of the thyroid gland.

Keywords: Iodine Radioisotopes; Neck Dissection; Thyroid Neoplasms; Thyrotoxicosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Graves Disease / complications
Graves Disease / radiotherapy*
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Neck
Radiopharmaceuticals / therapeutic use*
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / diagnosis*
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Thyrotoxicosis / etiology
Thyrotoxicosis / radiotherapy*

Substances

Iodine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals