Follicular thyroid cancer chest x ray
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Chest x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of the primary tumor as well as in monitoring for metastatic foci in the lungs.
X Ray
- Chest x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of follicular thyroid cancer as well as in monitoring for metastatic foci in the lungs.
- Patients with abnormal chest x-ray have elevated thyroglobulin concentrations.[1]
Reference
- ↑ Thyroid Cancer Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/thyroid/hp/thyroid-treatment-pdq#section/_6- Accessed on October, 29 2015
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