Metastatic struma ovarii treated with total thyroidectomy and radioiodine ablation

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-173

  McGill, Julie F ^a   Sturgeon, Cord ^b   Angelos, Peter ^c  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM PHOSPHATE; GOLD; SODIUM IODIDE I 131; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; REVIEW; TERATOMA; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STRUMA OVARII; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 67549128078     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.15.2.167     Document Type: Review

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