TY - JOUR
T1 - Medullary thyroid carcinoma metastatic to skin
AU - Nashed, Catherine
AU - Sakpal, Sujit Vijay
AU - Cherneykin, Sergey
AU - Chamberlain, Ronald Scott
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Cutaneous metastases are a rarity, even more so when they arise from a medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) which accounts for only 8% of all thyroid cancers. MTC arises from C-cells that produce calcitonin, and it most commonly metastasizes to lymph nodes in the neck. Distant metastases of MTC may involve bone, lung and liver. We report a case of a 56-year-old man, who presented with an ulcerated, nodular lesion on his scalp that proved to be a metastasis from his MTC diagnosed 2 years earlier. Cutaneous metastases from MTC generally signify widespread disease and carry a poor prognosis. A case discussion and relevant review of the literature is provided. Nashed C, Sakpal SV, Cherneykin S, Chamberlain RS. Medullary thyroid carcinoma metastatic to skin.
AB - Cutaneous metastases are a rarity, even more so when they arise from a medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) which accounts for only 8% of all thyroid cancers. MTC arises from C-cells that produce calcitonin, and it most commonly metastasizes to lymph nodes in the neck. Distant metastases of MTC may involve bone, lung and liver. We report a case of a 56-year-old man, who presented with an ulcerated, nodular lesion on his scalp that proved to be a metastasis from his MTC diagnosed 2 years earlier. Cutaneous metastases from MTC generally signify widespread disease and carry a poor prognosis. A case discussion and relevant review of the literature is provided. Nashed C, Sakpal SV, Cherneykin S, Chamberlain RS. Medullary thyroid carcinoma metastatic to skin.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01365.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01365.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19615004
AN - SCOPUS:78449304189
SN - 0303-6987
VL - 37
SP - 1237
EP - 1240
JO - Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
JF - Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
IS - 12
ER -
