Metastatic thyroid carcinoma in the kidney.
- Author:
Domingo Allan Jay C
;
Ortiz Arlene O
;
Barrenechea Emerita A
;
Santiago Jonas FY
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Thyroid Cancer; Kidney Metastasis
- MeSH: Human; Female; Aged; Kidney Neoplasms; Mediastinum; Thyroid Neoplasms; Tomography, Emission-computed, Single-photon; Tomography, X-ray Computed
- From: The Philippine Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2010;5(1):21-23
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Thyroid carcinoma, particularly papillary thyroid carcinoma, may present with a wide range of clinical course--from an indolent to an aggressive form of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. About 10% of patients with papillary thyroid cancer develop distant metastasis to the lymph nodes, lungs, mediastinum, or bone. Several cases of unusual metastasis to the kidney have been reported previously. A rare case of renal metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma and the roles of PET and SPECT-CT in its detection are presented here.