Secondary carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
Two patients are described who presented with clinically solitary thyroid nodules which were found to be due to metastatic disease from the kidney and colon respectively. Removal of the solitary metastatis in one patient resulted in disease-free survival for over 5 years.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy