Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma to the kidney: A case report

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-50

  García Sanchis, Luisa ^a   Lopez Aznar, Diego ^a   Oltra, Amparo ^a   Rivas, Antonio ^a   Alonso, Juan ^a   Montalar, Joaquin ^a   Mateo, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Follicular Carcinoma; Secondary Kidney Neoplasms; Therapeutic Use of Iodine Radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEPHRECTOMY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344507275     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199901000-00010     Document Type: Article

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