Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Metastases Presenting as Ipsilateral Adrenal Mass and Renal Cyst

Serge Ginzburg; Madhu Reddy; Colleen Veloski; Elin Sigurdson; John A Ridge; Mikhail Azrilevich; Alexander Kutikov

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2015.08.007

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Metastases Presenting as Ipsilateral Adrenal Mass and Renal Cyst

Urol Case Rep. 2015 Sep 16;3(6):221-2. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2015.08.007. eCollection 2015 Nov.

Authors

Serge Ginzburg¹, Madhu Reddy², Colleen Veloski³, Elin Sigurdson⁴, John A Ridge⁴, Mikhail Azrilevich⁵, Alexander Kutikov⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Urology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Department of Urology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Health Smart Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Abstract

Metastatic spread of differentiated thyroid cancer to genitourinary organs is rare. Synchronous presentation of renal and adrenal thyroid metastasis is even less common, this case being only the 3rd reported. We describe a case of a 60-year-old male with oligometastatic thyroid cancer, where adrenal and renal metastases were the only extracervical sites of disease and triggered the patient's presentation.

Keywords: Adrenal mass; Oligometastasis; Renal tumor; Thyroid cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports