Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Onimode Yetunde A

Publications

• Case Report
  Sternal Mass as First Presentation of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma
  Author(s): Onimode Yetunde A, Adedapo Kayode Sb and Osifo Bola OOnimode Yetunde A, Adedapo Kayode Sb and Osifo Bola O
  
  Abstract Thyroid carcinoma is the commonest endocrine malignancy, although less than 1% of all cancers. Osseous metastases are more often associated with the follicular type of thyroid carcinoma. Fewer than 5% of patients present with distant metastases. We present a case of sternal metastasis being the first observed feature of follicular thyroid carcinoma. A 62-year old female developed a painless nodule over her sternum, which progressively enlarged over approximately two years. Patient was seen at another medical facility, where histology of the mass revealed metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma. Subsequent left thyroid lobectomy confirmed follicular thyroid cancer on histology. She was treated with 100 mCi of radioiodine I-131 (RAI), and suppressive L-thyroxine therapy implemented thereafter. However, the sternal mass recurred seven months post-sternectomy. She patient.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000194

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