Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to skin diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.
In April 2006, a 55-year-old female presented with a thyroid mass and multiple skin nodules on scalp, forehead and neck. Fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid mass and multiple skin nodules show tumor cells clusters in a repetitive microfollicular pattern on May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain suggestive of follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to skin. Although follicular carcinoma have a propensity for vascular invasion and hematogenous dissemination, skin is not commonly involved. Only a few cases of cutaneous metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma are reported in the English language literature.
Agarwal
Shweta
S
Department of Pathology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. dr.shweta_07@yahoo.co.in
Rao
Seema
S
Arya
Anupama
A
Gupta
Kusum
K
Arora
Rashmi
R
Dhawan
Indrani
I
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*