Papillary thyroid carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes with vanished thyroid gland after ablation of Graves' disease by radioactive iodine.
We present a very rare condition of lateral apparent papillary thyroid carcinoma eight years after receiving radioactive iodine for thyrotoxicosis, which led to complete anatomical and functional involution of the thyroid gland.
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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - Category: Surgery Authors: Hamdy O, Raafat S, Saleh GA, Atallah K, Shebl AM, Hegazy MA Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research
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