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Carcinoma of the thyroid manifested as hyperthyroidism caused by functional bone metastasis
K Ikejiri1, M Furuyama, T Muranaka
1Department of Surgery, National Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|April 1, 1997
Summary
This case study details a rare instance of hyperthyroidism caused by a functioning bone metastasis from an occult thyroid cancer. Treatment challenges included the metastasis
Area of Science:
- Endocrinology
- Oncology
- Nuclear Medicine
Background:
- Hyperthyroidism can rarely be associated with functioning metastatic thyroid cancer.
- Occult thyroid cancer presenting with a hypervascular bone metastasis is exceptionally rare.
- Ectopic hormone production by metastases poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.