Abstract
SUMMARY: HIFU is used in the treatment of cancer (prostate, breast) and uterine fibroma but not yet in TNs. This case report describes the first successful ablation of a toxic TN with HIFU. TSH and radioiodine scan normalization were achieved without complications and maintained for 18 months. HIFU treatment is a minimally invasive technique that may be an effective safe alternative to radioiodine or surgery in patients with toxic TNs.
Abbreviations
- AFTN
- autonomously functioning thyroid nodule
- ENT
- ears, nose, and throat
- FT3
- triiodothyronine, free
- FT4
- thyroxine, free
- HIFU
- high-intensity focused ultrasound
- 123I
- iodine 123
- TN
- thyroid nodule
- TSH
- thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotropin
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