Metastasis of Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma to Thyroid Gland Mimicking Adenomatous Goiter
| Autor: | Atilla Hikmet Cilengir, Gökhan Duygulu, Türkan Rezanko, Mehmet Fatih Inci, Tugce Ozlem Kalayci |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Goiter 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Case Report carcinoma Metastasis Lesion neoplasm metastasis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Renal cell carcinoma Internal medicine Biopsy medicine Carcinoma Thyroid Nodule Neoplasm Metastasis Carcinoma Renal Cell goiter medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Thyroid medicine.disease renal cell medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis thyroid nodule Clear cell carcinoma medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Polish Journal of Radiology |
| ISSN: | 1899-0967 1733-134X |
| Popis: | Summary Background Renal cell carcinoma is an interesting tumor due to its unpredictable behavior. Common metastatic sites of renal cell carcinoma are the lungs, lymph nodes, bones and liver. Concurrent thyroid metastasis of clear cell carcinoma is uncommon but it can appear as a rapidly growing cervical, painless nodular mass. Case Report We report a case of a 56-year-old male patient with clear cell renal carcinoma confirmed on a histopathological examination. The patient noticed a rapidly growing mass in the thyroid region when receiving medical anticancer therapy. Because of that, gray-scale thyroid ultrasonography and a fine-needle aspiration biopsy were performed. The histopathological examinationof the biopsy specimen revealed a lesion composed of malignant epithelial cells compatible with metastasis of renal carcinoma. Conclusions In patients with with a history of RCC, both past and present, a thyroid mass, especially co-existing with an adenomatous goiter, should prompt a work-up for thyroid metastasis. |
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