Nephrectomy for Metastatic Kidney Tumor in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Report of Two Cases

Haruhiko Yamazaki; Takeshi Kishida; Go Noguchi; Hiroyuki Iwasaki; Nobuyasu Suganuma; Katsuhiko Masudo; Hirotaka Nakayama; Toshinari Yamashita; Takashi Yamanaka; Yuko Sugawara; Yuka Matsubara; Kaori Kohagura; Yasushi Rino; Munetaka Masuda

doi:10.1155/2018/7842792

Case Reports in Endocrinology (Jan 2018)

Nephrectomy for Metastatic Kidney Tumor in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Report of Two Cases

Haruhiko Yamazaki,
Takeshi Kishida,
Go Noguchi,
Hiroyuki Iwasaki,
Nobuyasu Suganuma,
Katsuhiko Masudo,
Hirotaka Nakayama,
Toshinari Yamashita,
Takashi Yamanaka,
Yuko Sugawara,
Yuka Matsubara,
Kaori Kohagura,
Yasushi Rino,
Munetaka Masuda

Affiliations

Haruhiko Yamazaki: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Takeshi Kishida: Department of Urology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Go Noguchi: Department of Urology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Hiroyuki Iwasaki: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Nobuyasu Suganuma: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Katsuhiko Masudo: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Hirotaka Nakayama: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Toshinari Yamashita: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Takashi Yamanaka: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Yuko Sugawara: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Yuka Matsubara: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Kaori Kohagura: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
Yasushi Rino: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Munetaka Masuda: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7842792
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2018

Abstract

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The occurrence of renal tumors originating from thyroid cancer is extremely rare with a few effective treatments for renal metastases. Here, we report the cases of two patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who underwent nephrectomy for a metastatic kidney tumor. Case 1 was a 74-year-old man who was diagnosed with right kidney tumor 10 years after initial surgery for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Right nephrectomy was performed, and the pathology was metastatic PTC. Case 2 was a 68-year-old woman who was diagnosed with left kidney tumor 24 years after surgery for follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC). Left nephrectomy was performed, and the pathology was metastatic FTC. Nephrectomy for single renal metastasis could be considered a treatment option if the patients’ general condition is positive.

Published in Case Reports in Endocrinology

ISSN: 2090-6501 (Print); 2090-651X (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crie/

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