[Thyroid cancer metastasizing to the kidney. Report of a case].
The authors report a case of renal metastasis from a thyroid adenocarcinoma in a 56-year-old man, occurring 3 years after isthmolobectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma. He predominant clinical symptoms were low back pain, haematuria and deterioration of the general state. Ultrasonography showed a hypoechoic left renal mass, 56 mm in diameter, with a thickened wall. Renal CT showed a homogeneous low-density formation with a thickened wall in the left kidney. Iodine 131 whole body scan showed increased uptake in the left kidney. The patient wes treated surgically via a subcostal incision. The surgical procedure consisted of radical nephrectomy. Macroscopic examination of the lesion showed a cystic mass. Histological examination of the mass revealed a renal metastasis from moderately differentiated thyroid adenocarcinoma.
Benchekroun
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Clinique Urologique A, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc.
Lachkar
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A
Alami
M
M
Iken
A
A
Soumana
A
A
Farih
M H
MH
Belahnech
Z
Z
Marzouk
M
M
Faik
M
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*