Author(s)

Rafael Cholvi Calduch¹, Raquel Alfonso-Ballester^1*, Clara Alfaro-Cervelló², Norberto Cassinello Fernández¹, Joaquín Ortega Serrano¹

¹Departments of Surgery, Clinic University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
²Departments of Pathology, Clinic University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Clear cell type renal cell carcinoma is a malignant tumor that can metastasize to many locations, but unusually spreads to thyroid. Therefore it is important to know the oncological background of the patient and to perform a complete immunohistochemical analysis of the thyroid lesion to obtain a correct diagnosis. Thyroidectomy can be considered in patients with no other metastasis or in those who present compressive symptoms as a palliative measure. We expose the case of a patient with clear cell type renal cell carcinoma, with a previously known bone metastasis of renal origin and symptomatic goiter containing a nodule that was found to be a metastasic lesion.

Clear Cell Type Renal Cell Carcinoma, Thyroid Metastasis, Immunohistochemistry, Thyroidectomy

Calduch, R. , Alfonso-Ballester, R. , Alfaro-Cervelló, C. , Fernández, N. and Serrano, J. (2017) Thyroid Metastases from Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma: Presentation of an Unusual Case and Literature Review. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 8, 941-947. doi: 10.4236/jct.2017.811083.