AN UNUSUAL ADRENAL METASTASIS SECONDARY TO HURTHLE CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID

A 66-year-old woman with Hurthle cell thyroid carcinoma associated wit h a right adrenal gland metastasis suspected on a postradioiodine ther apy scan, is reported. Histology specimens confirmed the suspicion. Ad renal metastases have never been reported previouly in this kind of tu mor. On radionuclide imaging, there was marked I-131 uptake in the tum or remnant and its metastases, and the tumor spread through both lymph atic and hematogenous routes, as shown by lymph node, bone, and lung m etastases.