Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany. cupisti@uni-duesseldorf.de
BACKGROUND: The occurrence of skin metastases are rare events in the course of a follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) and usually indicate advanced tumor stages. The scalp is the most affected area of these metastases. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 76 year old Woman with multiple giant scalp metastases of a follicular carcinoma. These metastases had been resected and wounds had been closed with mesh graft. The 14-months follow up is presented. CONCLUSION: We demonstrate another case with multicentric form. Because of its location and size a primary wound closure was not possible. A healing could be reached using vacuum therapy and mesh graft transplantation.