ABSTRACT
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland accounts for only 5-10% of thyroid carcinomas. Also, metastases to the skin of malignant tumors are infrequently (2-9% of patients). In the case herein reported in a 64-year old woman, a metastatic nodule on the scalp was the presenting clinical manifestation of a medullary thyroid carcinoma. A comprehensive review of the literature was conducted for similar cases using PubMed. Only 18 cases of cutaneous metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma have been previously reported in the literature, but skin lesions were the presenting complaint of the thyroid neoplasm in only three.
Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Medullary/pathology , Head and Neck Neoplasms/secondary , Scalp/pathology , Skin Neoplasms/secondary , Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
El nevo azul en placa o nevo azul agminado es una lesión melanocítica formada por la agrupación de múltiples lesiones de pigmentación azulada en un área bien delimitada. Presentamos el caso de un hombre de 22 años con un nevo azul en placa en el hombro derecho, que desarrolló tres nódulos profundos. (AU)