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Renal Metastases in the Thyroid Gland: Is it a new Trend?

Volume 5 - Issue 2

Marica Grasso*1, Luciana Costigliola2, Francesca Ciorra2 ,Antonello Niglio2 and Claudia Andretta2

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    • 1Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy
    • 2UOC General Surgery, AORN “A. Cardarelli”. Naples, Italy

    *Corresponding author: Marica Grasso,Doctorate student, University of Salerno, Faculty of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Via S. Allende, 84080 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy

Received: May 26, 2018;   Published: June 06, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.05.001164

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Abstract

Intra-thyroid metastases are a rare occurrence. Previous research characterized melanoma and breast carcinoma as the commonest primary lesions leading to thyroid metastases, but more recent studies demonstrate that renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is now the most prevalent. The aims of this study is to report our experience and to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with thyroid involvement of RCC

Keywords: Thyroid, Metastases, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Cancer

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