title: Adrenal metastasis from a primary papillary thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: Distant metastases of a papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is rare, and usually involves the lung or the bones. Adrenal metastasis of a PTC has been described only in three patients. We describe a 74-year-old woman with adrenal metastasis of a PTC, detected with a total body iodine scan and a PET-CT scan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wagenaar
authors.forename: Jan Wolter Adriaan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Oosterhuis
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rozendaal
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Comans
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simsek
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging