Renal metastases from follicular thyroid cancer on SPECT/CT

In well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma, only a subset of patients develop distant metastases, predominantly to the lungs and the skeletal system. Only a few cases of metastatic spread to the kidneys are described in the literature. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with a long history of f...

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Published inClinical nuclear medicine Vol. 32; no. 9; p. 751
Main Authors von Falck, Christian, Beer, Gregor, Gratz, Klaus F, Galanski, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.2007
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Adenocarcinoma, Follicular - diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular - secondary
Female
Humans
Iodine Radioisotopes
Kidney Neoplasms - diagnosis
Kidney Neoplasms - secondary
Middle Aged
Radiopharmaceuticals
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:In well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma, only a subset of patients develop distant metastases, predominantly to the lungs and the skeletal system. Only a few cases of metastatic spread to the kidneys are described in the literature. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with a long history of follicular thyroid cancer who developed renal metastases. The lesions were detected with I-131 scintigraphy, SPECT/CT and thin-collimated contrast-enhanced CT. Subsequent surgery and histopathologic analysis of the renal lesions confirmed the diagnosis.
ISSN:0363-9762
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0b013e318125032e