Fig. 21.1 Whole-body Iodine scan (I-123) showing extensive radioiodine uptake in the left proximal humerus. Additional metastatic foci are present in the right iliac crest, proximal left femur, the right…
Fig. 6.1 Axial (a) and coronal (b) images from CT chest with intravenous contrast demonstrating a multi-nodular goiter with an enlarged thyroid gland, thyroid nodules with calcifications, and extension into…
MACIS score 20 year DSS (%) <6 99 6–6.99 89 7–7.99 56 >8 24 Score = 3.1 (if aged < or = 39 years) or 0.08 × age (if aged…
Clinical Rapid nodule growth Family or personal history of predisposition syndrome (e.g., PTEN hamartoma tumor, APC-associated polyposis, RET associated) Childhood exposure to ionizing radiation Younger (<18 years) or older (>50…
Anemia Other autoimmune disorder (celiac disease, adrenal insufficiency, pernicious anemia, atrophic gastritis, primary biliary cirrhosis, multiple sclerosis) Lyme or tick-borne disease infections Sleep apnea Impaired sleep (shift work, bad habits…
× 100 The gland weight in grams can be estimated by palpation, by ultrasound, or by nuclear imaging; in practice the first two methods are most commonly used. The desired…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_22 22. Surveillance of Treated Thyroid Cancer Patients and Thyroid Hormone Replacement and Suppression…
Study Year Total subjects (n) rhTSH (n) THW (n) Definition of successful ablation Length of follow-up Successful ablation from rhTSH (n) Successful ablation from THW (n) p Lee et al….
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_18 18. Thyroid Nodular Disease and Thyroid Cancer During Pregnancy Trevor E. Angell1 and Erik K. Alexander1 (1)…
Fig. 17.1 Neck lymph nodes levels and compartments Central Neck As the region of the neck encasing the thyroid gland, the central neck (Level VI) is the most common location…
