title: [Adrenal metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma with intra-cardiac thrombus].
abstract: The authors report the case of a 57-year-old patient operated for adrenal metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma with intracardiac thrombus, who subsequently developed disseminated metastases leading to death 9 months after the operation. Adrenal metastases of thyroid carcinomas are rare and can be treated surgically when they are isolated. These metastases may appear many years after initial thyroid surgery requiring regular surveillance, especially by serum thyroglobulin assay in the case of well differentiated carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie urologique et Andrologie, CHU du Bocage, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paparel
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tatou
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cognet
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cercueil
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michel
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000556:secondary*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*