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© Clujul Medical, 2019
Affiliations
Mirela Sanda Petrulea
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
Codruta Lencu
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
Doina Piciu
Ion Chiricuta Institute of Oncology, Cluj-Napoca,
Cosmin Ioan Lisencu
Ion Chiricuta Institute of Oncology, Cluj-Napoca,
Carmen Emanuela Georgescu
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
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Challenges of thyroid cancer management in amiodarone-treated patients: a case report
Abstract
Abstract
Thyroid carcinoma (TC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. Although the overall prognosis for patients with TC is good, up to 20-30% of patients have recurrent or persistent disease after conventional therapy by surgical resection and radioactive iodine (RAI).Amiodarone is a highly efficient anti-arrhythmic drug with a very long half-life, so it may interfere with RAI many months after the drug withdrawal.This case report mirrors the challenges of thyroid cancer management in an amiodarone-treated patient.