Dermal metastases from a follicular carcinoma of the thyroid

Cutaneous Metastases from a Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

“…C utaneous metastases from internal malignancies are uncommon except from carcinomas of the breasts . This is the second report in the literature of cutaneous metastases from a follicular carcinoma of the thyroid, the first being that of Auty. It underscores the need for early biopsy of suspicious subcutaneous nodules.…”

Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid metastatic to the skin: report of two cases

“…Brownstein and Helwig (8), in a study of 724 patients with histologic conOrmation of both the primary tumor and the metastases, found 4 cases of skin metastases from the thyroid. Only a few cases of metastatic carcinoma from the thyroid to the skin have been documented (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6); none of them have been a medullary carcinoma.…”

“…Cutaneous metastasis from thyroid neoplasms is extremely rare, and only a lew cases have been documented (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). Most of the reported cases have been from tumors of follicular cell origin or anaplastic carcinomas.…”

Metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid to the skin: a case confirmed by immunohistochemistry

“…Cutaneous metastasis of thyroid carcinoma is unusual. Two eases have been reported of follicular carcinomas of the thyroid metastatie to skin (1,2). The first patient was a 41-year-old Nigerian man who developed multiple nodule.s on the head and chest 2 years after initial treatment for a »follicular adenoma of the thyroid« (1).…”