High-Dose Direct Irradiation to a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator Infiltrated by Metastatic Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma in the Sternum: A Case Report

• Masaaki Goto, MD,
• Kayoko Ohnishi, MD, PhD,
• Masatoshi Nakamura, MD, PhD,
• Daisuke Kobayashi, PhD,
• Yukiko Tsushima, MD, PhD,
• Hiro Yamasaki, MD, PhD,
• Keiko Nemoto Murofushi, MD, PhD,
• Masashi Mizumoto, MD, PhD,
• Hitoshi Ishikawa, MD, PhD,
• Toshiyuki Okumura, MD, PhD,
• Hideyuki Sakurai, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Masaaki Goto, MD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kayoko Ohnishi, MD, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Chiba, Japan; Corresponding author: Kayoko Ohnishi, MD, PhD

Masatoshi Nakamura, MD, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Daisuke Kobayashi, PhD

Department of Radiology, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yukiko Tsushima, MD, PhD

Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hiro Yamasaki, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Keiko Nemoto Murofushi, MD, PhD

Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masashi Mizumoto, MD, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hitoshi Ishikawa, MD, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; QST Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan

Toshiyuki Okumura, MD, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan

Hideyuki Sakurai, MD, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan