PLATES XXII AND XXIII METASTATIC deposits in the thyroid gland in malignancy are not common. Primary sites include renal carcinoma, bronchial carcinoma, malignant melanoma and carcinoma of the breast. This has been well documented in necropsy studies (Symmers
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