Solitary cutaneous metastasis as the first sign of relapse of thyroid carcinoma: A clinical, dermoscopic-pathologic case study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-526

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Alfaioli, Barbara ^a   Massi, Daniela ^a   Wnekowicz, Emilia ^a   Sestini, Serena ^a   Papi, Federica ^a   Grazzini, Marta ^a   Lotti, Torello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62449169735     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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