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1rarebird · 01-25-2011, 07:01 PM

I did not have bc mets in the multiple nodules found in my thyroid when it was removed 5 months ago. The pathology report said the tissues were begnin. However, my thyroid surgeon was concerned about the my glucose-avid PET scans of the thyroid and the Hurthle cells found in the biopsies of it done a year earlier while I was in chemotherapy. He recommended the thyroid be removed. The gland was hypothyroid and he felt the presence of the Huthle cells, along with my breast cancer, were sufficient enough risk factors that I have my thyroid removed. I did and now am taking levothyroxine.

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01-25-2011, 07:01 PM	#3
1rarebird Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: TN Posts: 175	Re: Anyone have mets to the thyroid I did not have bc mets in the multiple nodules found in my thyroid when it was removed 5 months ago. The pathology report said the tissues were begnin. However, my thyroid surgeon was concerned about the my glucose-avid PET scans of the thyroid and the Hurthle cells found in the biopsies of it done a year earlier while I was in chemotherapy. He recommended the thyroid be removed. The gland was hypothyroid and he felt the presence of the Huthle cells, along with my breast cancer, were sufficient enough risk factors that I have my thyroid removed. I did and now am taking levothyroxine. bird __________________ Male Breast Cancer, DX 5/15/09, IDC, STAGE 1, 1.7 cm, HER2+++, ER+(95%)/PR+(75%), Ki67 40%, grade 3, 0/5 nodes, TX: mastectomy, TCH finished 7/19/10, radiation 6 wks., Tamoxifen on going, bisphosphonate 24 mos.