Metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the thyroid gland

Mark M. Cruz; Gregory S. Schmidt; Jeptha T. Johnson; Thanh D. Hoang; Mohamed K. M. Shakir

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3088

Clinical Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the thyroid gland

Mark M. Cruz,
Gregory S. Schmidt,
Jeptha T. Johnson,
Thanh D. Hoang,
Mohamed K. M. Shakir

Affiliations

Mark M. Cruz: Division of Endocrinology Department of Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland USA
Gregory S. Schmidt: Division of Endocrinology Department of Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland USA
Jeptha T. Johnson: Department of Pathology Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland USA
Thanh D. Hoang: Division of Endocrinology Department of Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland USA
Mohamed K. M. Shakir: Division of Endocrinology Department of Medicine Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3088
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 2302 – 2303

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Abstract Thyroid incidentalomas on FDG PET/CT are common with one‐third of focal uptakes caused by malignancies. Toxic nodules should be excluded. Ultrasound risk‐adapted systems can classify thyroid nodules and identify those who need biopsy.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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