TITLE:
Thyroid Metastases from Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma: Presentation of an Unusual Case and Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Rafael Cholvi Calduch, Raquel Alfonso-Ballester, Clara Alfaro-Cervelló, Norberto Cassinello Fernández, Joaquín Ortega Serrano
KEYWORDS:
Clear Cell Type Renal Cell Carcinoma, Thyroid Metastasis, Immunohistochemistry, Thyroidectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.8 No.11,
November
16,
2017
ABSTRACT: Clear cell type renal cell carcinoma is a malignant tumor that can
metastasize to many locations, but unusually spreads to thyroid. Therefore it
is important to know the oncological background of the patient and to perform a
complete immunohistochemical
analysis of the thyroid lesion to obtain a correct diagnosis. Thyroidectomy can
be considered in patients with no other metastasis or in those who present
compressive symptoms as a palliative measure. We expose the case of a patient
with clear cell type renal cell carcinoma, with a previously known bone
metastasis of renal origin and symptomatic goiter containing a nodule that was
found to be a metastasic lesion.