A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis
We report a case of a 60-year-old lady with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) who was presented with thyrotoxicosis and heart failure symptoms after total thyroidectomy. Clinical features and investigations led to the diagnosis of functional metastatic FTC with concomitant thyrotoxicosis...
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| description | We report a case of a 60-year-old lady with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) who was presented with thyrotoxicosis and heart failure symptoms after total thyroidectomy. Clinical features and investigations led to the diagnosis of functional metastatic FTC with concomitant thyrotoxicosis. Levothyroxine therapy was stopped, and she was treated with propylthiouracil (PTU) followed by serial radioiodine treatments (RAITs) with good control of thyrotoxicosis and metastases. Despite having a very high disease burden with metastatic FTC, she has been able to maintain her functional status thus far, 4.5 years after initial diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-079e79b302b049ba9eefacd51b30142a2025-08-20T02:52:11ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-651X2024-01-01202410.1155/crie/1398125A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant ThyrotoxicosisYun Ann Chin0Zaheer Sumbul1Yi Lin Teh2Chiaw Ling Chng3Department of EndocrinologyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingDepartment of Medical OncologyDepartment of EndocrinologyWe report a case of a 60-year-old lady with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) who was presented with thyrotoxicosis and heart failure symptoms after total thyroidectomy. Clinical features and investigations led to the diagnosis of functional metastatic FTC with concomitant thyrotoxicosis. Levothyroxine therapy was stopped, and she was treated with propylthiouracil (PTU) followed by serial radioiodine treatments (RAITs) with good control of thyrotoxicosis and metastases. Despite having a very high disease burden with metastatic FTC, she has been able to maintain her functional status thus far, 4.5 years after initial diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/crie/1398125 |
| spellingShingle | Yun Ann Chin Zaheer Sumbul Yi Lin Teh Chiaw Ling Chng A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| title | A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Functional Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma With Concomitant Thyrotoxicosis |
| title_sort | rare case of functional metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma with concomitant thyrotoxicosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/crie/1398125 |
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