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EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF A CASE OF METASTATIC THYROID CARCINOMA BY I 131 AND DESICCATED THYROID
Author(s) -
ADAMS D. D.,
PURVES H. D.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1958.7.4.306
Subject(s) - thyroid , medicine , thyroid carcinoma , pathology , gastroenterology , endocrinology
Summary The administration of desiccated thyroid inhibited the uptake, but not the release, of I 131 (in five millicurie doses) by the metastases of a thyroid adenocarcinoma. The desiccated thyroid was apparently responsible for a marked and sustained reduction in the size of the pulmonary and subcutaneous metastases. It is suggested that in cases of thyroid carcinoma it may be better to try treatment with desiccated thyroid before I 131 therapy, rather than after it.