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Adrenal metastasis from differentiated thyroid carcinoma documented on post-therapy 131I scan: A case based discussion
Rohit Ranade, Pradeep Thapa, Sandip Basu, Radiation Medicine Centre (B.A.R.C), Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Mumbai 400012, India
Author contributions: Ranade R and Basu S designed the report; Ranade R and Thapa P collected the patient’s clinical data; Ranade R, Thapa P and Basu S wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Sandip Basu, Radiation Medicine Centre (B.A.R.C), Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Jerbai Wadia Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India. drsanb@yahoo.com
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Received: October 8, 2013
Revised: January 15, 2014
Accepted: January 17, 2014
Published online: March 28, 2014
Processing time: 192 Days and 1.4 Hours
Revised: January 15, 2014
Accepted: January 17, 2014
Published online: March 28, 2014
Processing time: 192 Days and 1.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Adrenal metastasis is an unusual site of disease involvement in the natural course of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. They are frequently asymptomatic and discovered in the post-therapy scan, which emphasizes the importance of carefully interpreting a post radio-iodine therapy scan, particularly with focal abdominal radio-iodine uptake that are not characterized or identified on initial evaluation. Adrenal metastasis could be unilateral and solitary, unlike those of renal metastases which are almost always bilateral and multiple at presentation, although both are usually asymptomatic.