Cutaneous metastases of follicular thyroid carcinoma: A report of four cases and a review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 306-312

  Quinn, Timothy R ^a   Duncan, Lyn M ^b   Zembowicz, Artur ^b,c   Faquin, William C ^b,c  

^a Pathology Services Inc Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous metastasis; Follicular thyroid carcinoma; H rthle cell; Insular carcinoma; Metastatic tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN METASTASIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 24144437173     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000164606.33779.6f     Document Type: Review

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