Cervical Tumor in Patient on Chronic Hemodialysis about a Case

Abstract

Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis (CDRD) have a major risk of developing cancer when compared with the general population [1], thyroid carcinoma being the most common in the first group of patients [2]. The definitive treatment is thyroidectomy, but in patients at risk of recurrence ablative therapy with radioactive iodine I-131 is necessary [2]. We present the clinical case of a 61-year-old patient on hemodialysis with a slow growing anterior cervical tumor studied for more than two years until the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Initially the patient received surgical treatment and is currently awaiting treatment with radioactive iodine I-131.