Renal Metastasis From Primary Thyroid Cancer on 131I and MRI Imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jan;42(1):70-72. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001453.

Abstract

A 66-year-old woman with a history of papillary thyroid cancer status after total thyroidectomy underwent I radioiodine ablation therapy 3 months after surgery. Posttherapy whole body planar imaging revealed focal intense I uptake in the posterior right abdomen. SPECT/CT of this region localized the uptake to the medial lower pole of the right kidney. Further evaluation with MRI demonstrated a correlative suspicious right renal mass. The patient underwent right partial nephrectomy with pathology demonstrating that the renal mass was of thyroidal origin (papillary subtype).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / therapy
  • Thyroidectomy

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes