RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Functioning Metastases from Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma in Bone
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 253
OP 254
DO 10.2967/jnmt.116.174573
VO 44
IS 4
A1 Biyi, Abdelhamid
A1 Zaïmi, Soukaina
A1 Doudouh, Abderrahim
YR 2016
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/4/253.abstract
AB Functioning thyroid metastases are a rare cause of hyperthyroidism. Most are follicular carcinoma. Here, we report a case in which a 62-y-old man with a history of right subtotal thyroidectomy for a benign adenoma complained of symptoms of hyperthyroidism associated with left arm pain. Biopsy of a humeral lesion was consistent with papillary carcinoma metastatic from the thyroid. Postoperatively, the patient received a cumulative dose of 14.8 GBq of 131I with good control of the hyperthyroidism but without eradication of the bone metastasis.