...
Thyroid follicular carcinoma complicating with skin metastasis
Received Date : 14 Jul 2016
Accepted Date : 26 Sep 2016
Ali Alkan a , Ayşegül Aksoy Altınboğa b , Dılşa Mızrak a , Elif Berna Koksoy a , Ebru Karcı a , Güngör Utkan a , Ahmet Demirkazık a
a Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara, Turkey
b Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jons.2016.09.003 - Article's Language: EN
Journal of Oncological Science 2 (2016) 82-83
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. Lung is the most metastatic site of the disease. Distant metastasis to skin has been rarely reported in the literature. Case report: Here we report a follicular thyroid cancer patient complicating with skin metastasis.: Conclusion: Our case reminds us the rare possibility of skin metastasis during the follow up of disseminated TC and importance of cutenaous lesions in differential diagnosis of unexplained symptoms.
Keywords: Thyroid cancer: Skin metastases: Follicular carcinoma: Sorafenib