Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma Tx Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor T1 Tumor size ≤2 cm and limited to the thyroid gland T1a: Tumor…
Fig. 40.1 Neck ultrasound of the left paratracheal lesion in April 1999, before the surgical excision, the histology of which demonstrated a medullary thyroid cancer local recurrence. (Panel a) Standard…
Fig. 15.1 Changes in serum non-stimulated thyroglobulin levels in the patient, a 70-year-old Japanese woman. RAIT radioactive iodine treatment Fig. 15.2 November 2007 chest CT scan showing pulmonary metastases In…
Fig. 46.1 Pretreatment computed tomography scan of the soft tissues of the neck. An irregular shaped mass in the right thyroid lobe measuring 8.7 cm in largest dimension extending around…
Patient no., gender, age (years) Preoperative calcitonin (pg/mL) Extent of surgery Histopathology; pTNM Postoperative calcitonin (pg/mL) Basal Peak Basal Peak 1.1; f; 78 312 2634 TT, LND central and lateral…
Fig. 41.1 Serum calcitonin (Ct) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) during the years of follow-up of the patient: a more significant increase of both markers was observed just before the starting…
Fig. 34.1 18Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18FDG PET)/CT scan performed at initial staging. (a) 18FDG PET/CT whole-body maximum intensity projection (MIP) showing uptake in 6 cm left lobe thyroid cancer…
Fig. 44.1 Ultrasound of the left thyroid lobe showing a hypoechoic nodule 25 × 16 mm in size Fig. 44.2 Ultrasound of the right thyroid lobe showing a small calcified nodule 4.8…
Fig. 31.1 Imaging of the patient at baseline and during sorafenib treatment. In November 2010, a partial response was observed (panel a), but thereafter, in April 2011, the patient progressed…
Date TSH (mIU/L) Tg (ng/ml) ANTI-Tg-AB (IU/ml) Course 10/04/13 4.18 16,340 <2 Thyroidectomy 9/7/13 10/26/13 1.09 12,503 <2 IMRT to lumbar spine 11/13 12/22/13 0.36 9517 <2 120 mCi 131-I…
