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  • A 60-year-old woman with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma experienced thyrotoxicosis and heart failure symptoms after her total thyroidectomy.
  • The diagnosis revealed functional metastatic FTC along with thyrotoxicosis, prompting the cessation of levothyroxine and the initiation of propylthiouracil (PTU) and serial radioiodine treatments.
  • After 4.5 years since her diagnosis, despite the high disease burden, she has maintained a good functional status.

Article Abstract

We report a case of a 60-year-old lady with metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) who was presented with thyrotoxicosis and heart failure symptoms after total thyroidectomy. Clinical features and investigations led to the diagnosis of functional metastatic FTC with concomitant thyrotoxicosis. Levothyroxine therapy was stopped, and she was treated with propylthiouracil (PTU) followed by serial radioiodine treatments (RAITs) with good control of thyrotoxicosis and metastases. Despite having a very high disease burden with metastatic FTC, she has been able to maintain her functional status thus far, 4.5 years after initial diagnosis.

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