thyroglobulin bld

[spookykim11]

I have my thyroid removed on 12/18 due to malignant struma ovarii with papillary carcinoma. also have Metastatic adenocarcinoma consistent with papillary carcinoma (thyroid type) now my question is about my thyroglobulin bld level. It was 118.0 when I still had my thyroid on 12/16/13 but 284.0 without a thyroid.. why would it have went up so much?

[spookykim11]

I see Dr. Kahn out of Cleveland clinic

[spookykim11]

my tsh was 17.530 I just went off my synthroid that day. I will be going for RAI on 3/6 3/7 with the whole body scans.

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

Would recommend correlating with TSH level (ie, are both levels done on thyroid medication or off/thyrogen "stimulated), but in any case, without a thyroid a level of 284 is elevated and increasing from prior --- next step would be CT or other imaging to see if there has been growth in the metastasis.  If not already working with an expert thyroid cancer center, would recommend seeking such an opinion as well.