An unusual adrenal metastasis secondary to Hürthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid.
A 66-year-old woman with Hürthle cell thyroid carcinoma associated with a right adrenal gland metastasis suspected on a postradioiodine therapy scan, is reported. Histology specimens confirmed the suspicion. Adrenal metastases have never been reported previously in this kind of tumor. On radionuclide imaging, there was marked I-131 uptake in the tumor remnant and its metastases, and the tumor spread through both lymphatic and hematogenous routes, as shown by lymph node, bone, and lung metastases.
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Instituto di Medicina Nucleare, Ospedale Civile, Udine, Italy.
Bagni
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Geatti
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Guerra
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes