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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 3, June 2012, pages 145-150


Two Cases of Rapidly Growing Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma After Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Graves’ Disease

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. The low echoic nodule in the atrophic thyroid showing relatively rapid growth.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. A: The cytology suggesting PTC (Case 1); B: The histology showing PTC without poorly differentiated component (Case 1).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. TSH concentration was maintained over normal range, because of bad compliance of taking LT4. TRAb was measured only once, and it was 51.2% (1st-generation). TT: total thyroidectomy.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. No nodular lesion in thyroid before RIT for GD.
Figure 5.
Figure 5. TSH concentration was also maintained over normal range in almost all follow-up period. TRAb (3rd-generation) was measured twice in the follow-up period, and it was gradually decreased.
Figure 6.
Figure 6. A: The cytology suggesting PTC (Case 2); B: The histology showing PTC without poorly differentiated component (Case 2).