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KMID : 0363320180390040814
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2018 Volume.39 No. 4 p.814 ~ p.821
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A Case Report of a Thyroid Cancer Patient with Hypoparathyroidism after Total Thyroidectomy by a Combination of Korean-Western Medicine Treatment Including Insamyangyoung-tang
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Kim Du-Ri
Lee Su-Yeong
Lee Hyun-Seung
Moon Byung-Soon
Yun Jong-Min
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Abstract
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Thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers in Korea, and thyroidectomy is the first-line treatment. Hypoparathyroidism is a common complication of thyroidectomy and can cause symptoms such as numbness, spasm, and anxiety, but these issues have seldom been reported in the Korean medical literature. The present case was a 53-year-old thyroid cancer patient who complained of numbness caused by hypoparathyroidism, general weakness, fatigue, and postoperative pain after total thyroidectomy. The patient was treated with Korean medicine treatment, including herbal medicine, acupuncture, cupping, and moxibustion, and her changes in clinical symptoms were measured with a numeric rating scale (NRS), the Karnofsky performance status scale (KPS), and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30). After treatment, her clinical symptoms were improved, leading to an improvement in her quality of life. Therefore, Korean medicine may be effective in the treatment of thyroid cancer patients who experience numbness caused by hypoparathyroidism, general weakness and fatigue after total thyroidectomy.
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KEYWORD
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thyroid cancer, hypoparathyroidism, thyroidectomy, Insamyangyoung-tang-gami (Ren-shen-yang-rong-tang), case report
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