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2384054

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
Autotransplantation of thyroid tissue was carried out in 5 patients with Graves' disease in order to prevent postoperative hypothyroidism, because the amount of remnant thyroid tissue was estimated to be too small, i.e. from 3 to 5 g. Approximately 0.5 to 2 g of thyroid tissue was cut into small pieces and transplanted into the sternocleidomastoid muscles or the strap muscles. Although the postoperative serum TSH levels were normal or slightly elevated, the serum concentrations of triiodothyronine were within the normal range in these 5 patients at a follow-up study carried out 2 to 7 years after surgery. Thyroid scanning with I-123 or 99mTc-pertechnetate (Tc-99m) revealed radioisotope uptake at the sites of transplantation in 4 of the 5 patients. These findings verify that the implanted thyroid tissues were alive and functioning and that autotransplantation may be a way of preventing postoperative hypothyroidism in patients whose remnant thyroid tissue has unintentionally become too small.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0013-7219
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-101
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Trial of thyroid autotransplantation in patients with Graves' disease whose remnant thyroid has unintentionally been made too small at subtotal thyroidectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrine Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports