Solitary liver metastasis from Hürthle cell thyroid cancer: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Salvatori, Massimo ^a   Perotti, G ^a   Rufini, V ^a   Maussier, M L ^a   Summaria, V ^a   Fadda, G ^a   Troncone, L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

H rthle cell thyroid cancer; Solitary liver metastasis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 1542316225     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03350911     Document Type: Article

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