MDCT imaging following nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: Protocol optimization and patterns of tumor recurrence

Figure 3 A 67-year-old female status post left partial nephrectomy 2 years prior to this exam. Asymmetric enlargement of the right thyroid gland secondary to a thyroid nodule which was subsequently biopsied as metastatic renal cell carcinoma; Note the nodule enhances as brightly as the remainder of the thyroid.