Pattern of Bone Metastases in Patients with cancer Thyroid

Abstract

Carcinoma of the thyroid gland is one of the most common types of cancer in Sudan. And bone is one of the common sites of metastases so the chractization of the most common sites of metastases help in early thyrapy control and for assessing the prgnosis. In this study a group of 50 patients with carcinoma of the thyroid gland were evaluated by whole body bone I131 scan in the Radiation and isotope center of Khartoum during the years 2008 and 2009. The main objective of this study was to show the pattern of spread of bone metastases in thyroid cancer to assist in the teratment mangment and control. The result of the scan shows metastases on the body bone respectively shoulder (38%), vertebra (36%), skull (34%), sternum (26%), pelvic (24%) and ribs (22%).