Yamauchi M, Kai K, Shibamiya N, Shimazu R, Monji M, Suzuki K, Kakinoki H, Tobu S, Kuratomi Y. Didactic surgical experience of thyroid metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2018; 6(15): 1018-1023 [PMID: 30568957 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i15.1018]
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Moriyasu Yamauchi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Doctor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. yamamori@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
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Moriyasu Yamauchi, Natsuko Shibamiya, Rintaro Shimazu, Mikio Monji, Kumiko Suzuki, Yuichiro Kuratomi, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Keita Kai, Department of Pathology, Saga University Hospital, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Hiroaki Kakinoki, Shohei Tobu, Department of Urology, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Yamauchi M is the main author of this article; Shibamiya N, Shimazu R, Monji M, Suzuki K, Kakinoki H, Tobu S and Kuratomi Y contributed to the treatment of the patient; Kai K performed the pathological diagnosis, edit the manuscript and contributed to make figures; all authors contributed to the acquisition of data and writing; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported byJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), No. 16K20254.
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Correspondence to: Moriyasu Yamauchi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Doctor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. yamamori@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
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Received: September 16, 2018 Peer-review started: September 18, 2018 First decision: October 8, 2018 Revised: November 1, 2018 Accepted: November 7, 2018 Article in press: November 7, 2018 Published online: December 6, 2018 Processing time: 83 Days and 9.3 Hours
Abstract
BACKGROUND
The optimal therapeutic strategy in treating thyroid metastasis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has not been clearly established. Here we describe a case of didactic surgical experience of the disease which caused massive intraoperative bleeding.
CASE SUMMARY
A 59-year-old male patient presented with a thyroid left lobe soft mass detected by chest computed tomography scans prior to the surgical treatment of RCC of the left kidney. The thyroid mass was initially considered to be benign, then he underwent left radical nephrectomy. One year after the nephrectomy, stereotactic radiosurgery was performed for brain metastasis. During follow-up, the thyroid nodule gradually grew, and the patient manifested swallowing discomfort. Under a clinical diagnosis of thyroid follicular neoplasm, left hemithyroidectomy was performed. Although hemithyroidectomy is usually a safe and straightforward procedure, massive bleeding from markedly developed tumor vessels made the operation very difficult. The thyroid tumor was finally diagnosed as metastasis from clear cell RCC.
CONCLUSION
For proper timing of the surgery, a clinician should take into consideration the possibility of thyroid metastasis of RCC when a thyroid lesion is found in patients with RCC or in patients with a previous history of RCC. We recommend that thyroid metastasis of RCC should be resected as early as possible even if a patient has other metastatic sites.
Core tip: A didactic surgical experience of thyroid metastasis from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) which caused massive intraoperative bleeding is presented. Based on this experience, we recommend that thyroid metastasis of RCC should be resected as early as possible even if a patient has other metastatic sites, unless the patient has appropriate reasons to avoid surgery.
