Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to skin diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.
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2008-07-30
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In April 2006, a 55-year-old female presented with a thyroid mass and multiple skin nodules on scalp, forehead and neck. Fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid mass and multiple skin nodules show tumor cells clusters in a repetitive microfollicular pattern on May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain suggestive of follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to skin. Although follicular carcinoma have a propensity for vascular invasion and hematogenous dissemination, skin is not commonly involved. Only a few cases of cutaneous metastasis from follicular thyroid carcinoma are reported in the English language literature.
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Agarwal S, Rao S, Arya A, Gupta K, Arora R, Dhawan I. Follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to skin diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2008 Jul-Sep; 51(3): 430-1