A case of solitary metastatic lung tumor from follicular carcinoma of the thyroid in hemodialysis patient

: A 61-year-old female was admitted for abnormal shadow of chest X-ray film. The patient has been treated with hemodialysis for chronic renal failure since February 16, 1982, and was performed total thyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma of thyroid on October 24, 1989. Chest X-ray on September 8, 1994 showed the abnormal shadow of right lower lung, chest CT revealed tumor shadow which is suspected to malignancy. We performed partial resection of right lung including tumor on October 19, 1994. Histological examination certified the lung metastasis of follicular carcinoma of thyroid. Postoperative course has been uneventful and there has been no episode of recurrence for 3 years and half after the surgery. We reported this very few case with solitary metastatic lung tumor from follicular carcinoma of thyroid with a review of the literature.