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Long-term survival in a patient with brain metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
BMJ case reports - 9 Mar 2016
Guelho Daniela, Ribeiro Cristina, Melo Miguel, Carrilho Francisco
Abstract excerpt
We present the case of a 43-year-old woman who underwent total thyroidectomy with bilateral lymphadenectomy for a papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), solid variant (T4bN1bMx), with V600E BRAF mutation. After ablative therapy, she presented undetectable thyroglobulin (Tg) but progressively increasing anti-Tg antibodies (TgAbs). During follow-up, nodal, lung and brain metastases were identified. She was submitted to...
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