Severe hypothyroidism induced by thyroid metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma: A case report and review of the literature

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Youn, Jong Chan ^a   Rhee, Yumie ^a,b   Park, Soo Young ^a   Kim, Won Ho ^a   Kim, Soo Jung ^a   Chung, Hyun Cheol ^a   Hong, Soon Won ^a   Lim, Sung Kil ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colon adenocarcinoma; Diagnosis; Hypothyroidism; Immunohistochemical staining; Metastatic thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; IRINOTECAN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 33745604909     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K05-115     Document Type: Review

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