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. 2015 Jul 16;16:459–468. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.894935

Table 1.

FV-PTC with renal metastases.

Reference Age/gender Clinical presentation Location/side & size Interval from Initial diagnosis of thyroid cancer/surgery (years) Other sites of metastases Follow up
1. Tur et al. (1994) [4] 72/F Incidental Right 3 kidney, 3 cm Liver – caudate lobe No recurrence or new complaints 7 months s/p surgery
2. Graham et al. (1995) [5] 75/M Hematuria Left No Interval kidney, 8.5 cm None No recurrence or new complaints 36 months s/p surgery
3. Gamboa-Dominguez et al. (1999) [6] 50/F Hematuria, Left flank pain Left Kidney, 8 cm No interval Two cerebral metastases Died in 11 months due to brain metastasis
4. Smallridge et al. (2001) [7] 61/F Upper back mass Left Kidney, 3 cm 1/4 Left shoulder/scapula No recurrence 2 years post treatment
5. Liou et al. (2005) [8] 50/F Low back pain and palpable thyroid nodule Right Kidney, 1.9 cm No interval Lung, bones No follow up available
6. Varinot et al. (2014) [9] 77/M Hematuria Right kidney, 4.5 cm 6 Bones, brain No follow up available
7. Present case (2015) 70/F Incidental Bilateral (left 6.4 cm right 3.6 cm) Thyroid cancer was found later than its metastasis Bones, lungs and liver Patient is under treatment

All the patients were ≥50 years of age, out of total FVPTC cases 5 were female (71.4%), out of 7 FVPTC cases 3 metastasized to right and 3 to the left kidneys. Only the present case metastasized to both kidneys.