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    Changgeng Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1996 Mar;19(1):77-82.

    Skin metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma: a case report.

    Kuo MC, Wang PW, Tung SC, Chien WY, Lu YC, Lin CC.

    Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    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.

    PMID: 8935380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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