Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation in a Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

نویسندگان

  • Jianyi Sun
  • Xiaosun Liu
  • Qing Zhang
  • Yanyun Hong
  • Bin Song
  • Xiaodong Teng
  • Jiren Yu
چکیده

Standard therapy has not been established for thyroid cancer when a thyroidectomy is contraindicated due to systemic disease. Herein, we reported a patient who had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and papillary thyroid carcinoma treated by radiofrequency ablation because of inability to tolerate a thyroidectomy. Radiofrequency ablation can be used to treat thyroid cancer when surgery is not feasible, although the long-term outcome needs further observation.

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دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016