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ArticleBMC endocrine disorders2025

Change in pericardial fat volume in postmenopausal women with papillary thyroid cancer undergoing thyrotropin suppressive therapy.

Yunkyung Jeon, Doohwa Kim, Mijin Kim, Bo Hyun Kim, Kyoungjune Pak, Jihyun Kim, Keunyoung Kim

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Yunkyung JeonDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Doohwa KimDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Mijin KimDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Bo Hyun KimDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Kyoungjune PakDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Jihyun KimDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Keunyoung KimDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea. nmpnuh@gmail.com.

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Abstract

backgroundDespite TSH suppressive therapy improve the prognosis for the patient with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), there is an increasing concern regarding the potentially harmful effects of lifelong TSH suppression. Therefore, we aimed to examine the changes in body composition under TSH suppression in postmenopausal women with DTC.

methodsThe body composition was assessed by the volumes as following; fat tissues of the epicardium and abdominal visceral and subcutaneous areas; bilateral psoas muscle or thigh muscle. Each volumetric measurements were performed using computed tomography (CT) scans using baseline and follow-up fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT (

resultsThe 43 patients' median age was 50.0 years, and median body mass index (BMI) was 23.53 (interquartile range[IQR]: 22.19- 24.92) at the initial

conclusionBoth skeletal muscle and abdominal fat volumes did not change, whereas epicardial fat volume increased over less than 2 years of observation under TSH suppressive therapy. Further research is needed for the harmonization of benefits or losses with the optimal TSH concentration in postmenopausal women.

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PericardiumPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPostmenopauseThyroid NeoplasmsThyrotropinAdipose TissueAdultBody CompositionFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18Follow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisRepublic of KoreaThyroid Cancer, PapillaryFluorodeoxyglucose F18ThyrotropinBody compositionDifferentiated thyroid cancerEpicardial fatF-18 FDG PET/CTMenopauseTSH suppressive therapy

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