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Unsual bone metastasis to the rib and the tibia of a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
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Abstract
Usually differentiated thyroid cancer is a slow growing tumor with low metastatic potential. We present the case of female patient of 26-years-old who underwent thyroidectomy, followed by 3.7 GBq of 131 I. The post-therapeutic whole-body scan showed intense uptake in the left part of posterior thorax and a faint radioactivity in the upper right tibia. A Chest CT-scan and a localized knee MRI confirm that they are bone metastasis in the middle portion of the 8th right rib and in the upper tibial metaphysic.
Abstract
Usually differentiated thyroid cancer is a slow growing tumor with low metastatic potential. We present the case of female patient of 26-years-old who underwent thyroidectomy, followed by 3.7 GBq of 131 I. The post-therapeutic whole-body scan showed intense uptake in the left part of posterior thorax and a faint radioactivity in the upper right tibia. A Chest CT-scan and a localized knee MRI confirm that they are bone metastasis in the middle portion of the 8th right rib and in the upper tibial metaphysic.
Keywords
thyroid papillary carcinoma, bone metastasis
About this articleTitle
Unsual bone metastasis to the rib and the tibia of a follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
107-109
Published online
2015-07-31
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1433
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2074
DOI
10.5603/NMR.2015.0025
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2015;18(2):107-109.
Keywords
thyroid papillary carcinoma
bone metastasis
Authors
Ali Sellem
Wassim Elajmi
Yazid Mahjoub
Hatem Hammami
