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KMID : 0880520110470020130
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Chonnam Medical Journal
2011 Volume.47 No. 2 p.130 ~ p.133
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A Case of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to Thyroid Gland
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Lee Jae-Geun
Yang Young-Ro
Kim Kwang-Sig
Hyun Chang-Lim
Lee Ji-Shin
Koh Gwan-Pyo
Lee Dae-Ho
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Metastasis, Renal cell carcinoma, Thyroid cancer
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