[Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland 15 years after nephrectomy]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 Jan 26;177(2A):50-1.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastasis to the thyroid gland is rare and can mimic primary thyroid carcinoma leading to diagnostic difficulties. We present a case of a 55-year-old female with RCC metastasis to the thyroid gland 15 years after nephrectomy. Diagnosis was made after total thyroidectomy. This case emphasizes the importance of considering metastasis in patients with increasing growth of the thyroid gland over a short period of time known with earlier RCC, even decades after nephrectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Goiter / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy