Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma with Radioactive Iodine (131i) following total thyroidectomy with incomplete neck dissection

Layal K Jambi¹

¹Radiological Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Radiological Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Treatment of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is well documented in this case. An unusual case of total thyroidectomy, Central Neck Dissection (CND), Left lower parathyroid re-implantation and resection of Right Internal Jugular Vein (RIJV) tumour thrombus followed by second operation of excision of lymph nodes metastasis have been described. Three Radioiodine therapies were delivered to the patient.

Keywords: Endocrine, Thyroid Carcinoma, Oncology, Radioiodine Therapy, Thyroidectomy

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms473e2571

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms473e2571

Published: 15 November 2022