Acute myeloid leukemia following radioactive iodine therapy for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Acute myeloid leukemia following radioactive iodine therapy for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy plays an important role in the management of thyroid malignancies. Leukemia is a very rare complication of radioactive therapy. There are very few case reports with doses below 100 mCi causing leukemia. We report a case of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid treated w...

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Main Authors: Jain Ankit, Premalata CS, Saini KV, Bapsy PP, Sajeevan KV, Tejinder Singh, Ullas Batra, Babu Govind, Lokanatha Dasappa, Suresh Atilli, Permeshwar R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2009-06-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
Subjects:
Radioactive iodine
thyroid carcinoma
acute myeloid leukemia
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