A Case of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to Thyroid Gland

Metastasis to the thyroid gland from distant cancer is rare, and, in some cases, is a diagnostic challenge. Here, we report a case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland. A 77-year-old man presented with a neck mass detected about 1 month previously. He had undergone a right nephrec...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jae-Geun, Yang, Youngro, Kim, Kwang Sik, Hyun, Chang Lim, Lee, Ji Shin, Koh, Gwanpyo, Lee, Daeho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chonnam National University Medical School 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22111075
http://dx.doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2011.47.2.130
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Sumario:Metastasis to the thyroid gland from distant cancer is rare, and, in some cases, is a diagnostic challenge. Here, we report a case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland. A 77-year-old man presented with a neck mass detected about 1 month previously. He had undergone a right nephrectomy owing to renal cell carcinoma 14 years previously. Fine needle aspiration cytology showed a few atypical follicular cells with nuclear atypia. Under a tentative diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma, a total thyroidectomy was performed. The histologic and immunohistochemical studies of the surgical specimens indicated that the thyroid masses were metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the thyroid.

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