Skin metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma: a case report.
Thyroid carcinomas metastasizing to the skin are rare. We report a case of skin metastases from a follicular thyroid carcinoma. A 73-year-old man developed multiple painless skin nodules about 6 years after thyroidectomy for the primary thyroid carcinoma. A biopsy disclosed a dermal tumor composed of small thyroid follicular structures with colloid material. The diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antithyroglobulin antibodies performed on the skin biopsy specimens. The patient died 9 months later with multiple metastases after the development of skin lesions.
Kuo
M C
MC
Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Wang
P W
PW
Tung
S C
SC
Chien
W Y
WY
Lu
Y C
YC
Lin
C C
CC
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*