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Report of Two Cases

SAUL SOLOMON, M.D.; SIDNEY RUBENFELD, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1960;106(3):428-432.

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The incidence of leukemia or other dyscrasias following the use of radioactive iodine (RAI; I¹³¹) for hyperthyroidism is rare. It is generally agreed that its occurrence is probably coincidental and not related to the relatively small amount of ionizing radiation given by the usual therapeutic dose of I¹³¹. However, all examples of associated neoplastic disease should be recorded in order to permit evaluation of a possible causal relationship. This report concerns one case of chronic lymphatic leukemia and one of giant follicular lymphoblastoma which occurred after I¹³¹ treatment for hyperthyroidism.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.

—A 65-year-old white man, a known diabetic, was examined in August, 1954. His height was 5 ft. 10 in.; weight, 162 lb. The head and neck were normal except for a nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid gland. The heart was regular (rate, 84), not enlarged, and without murmurs. The . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From University Hospital of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Dr. Solomon); Professor of Clinical Radiology (Dr. Rubenfeld).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 24, 1959.

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