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. 1991 Oct;16(10):729-31.
doi: 10.1097/00003072-199110000-00001.

Papillary cancer in a patient treated with radioiodine for Graves' hyperthyroidism. Case report and a review of the risk

C Tomlinson  1 , K W Nowles, I R McDougall
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Papillary cancer in a patient treated with radioiodine for Graves' hyperthyroidism. Case report and a review of the risk

C Tomlinson et al. Clin Nucl Med. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

A small encapsulated papillary thyroid cancer was found in a patient who had received I-131 therapy for Graves' disease 31 months previously. The relationship of Graves' hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer is discussed, as well as the possible role of I-131 as a cause of the cancer. The published data do not support I-131 as an etiology. The patient is clinically well and cured of both hyperthyroidism and the cancer.

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