Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma to the thymus in a 35-year-old woman

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 665-669

  Nam, Moonsuk ^a,b   Chu, Young Chae ^a   Choe, Wonsick ^a   Kim, Sei Joong ^a   Hong, Seong Bin ^a   Kim, Yoe Joo ^a   Kim, Yong Seong ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Iodine131 therapy; Metastasis; Resection; Thymus

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; METASTASIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THYMUS CANCER; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0036803923     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.5.665     Document Type: Article

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