Cutaneous metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma: histology, immunohistology, and electron microscopy. A report of two cases.
Cutaneous metastases from thyroid carcinoma are extremely rare. We report 2 cases of skin metastases from a follicular thyroid carcinoma. A 53-year-old female patient underwent subtotal thyroidectomy because of the clinical suspicion of malignancy. Histological examination of the resected tissue did not clearly prove malignant features. Eight years later a cutaneous metastasis erupted next to the operation site at the neck. A 66-year-old female patient noticed a growing solitary skin nodule in the occipitoparietal region of her scalp 2 years before a follicular thyroid carcinoma was detected.
Tronnier
M
M
Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Lübeck, FRG.
Winzer
M
M
Wolff
H H
HH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*