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Is It Necessary To Remove Lump On Neck To Have Radioiodine Therapy For Carcicona?
I have recently undergone hemethyroidocomy. i had lumph in right side of my neck. After testing I have been diagnosed carcicona. Now my querry is whether it is necessary to get removed other side thyroid lobe to have radioiodine therapy.Kindly suggest.Thanks in advance Gayatri Pandey
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
Hi,Greetings from Hcm.From your description I think you are suffering from papillary carcinoma thyroid.since it is a malignancy it is better to do a total thyroidectomy If you are a young person and if the disease is confined to one lobe some surgeons believe hemithyroidectomy is enough .but i think total or completion thyroidectomy is always advisable with radioiodine ablation.Hope you will be al.right
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