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Spontaneous Murine Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Published on: February 3, 2023
A case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma to thyroid gland
Jae-Geun Lee1, Youngro Yang, Kwang Sik Kim
1Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, Jeju National University, Gwangju, Korea.
Abstract:
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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