A Case of Carcinoma en Cuirasse from Thyroid Cancer.
- Author:
Hyun Su PARK
1
;
Jung Chul CHOI
;
Duk Kyu CHUN
;
Sang Jai JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea. jj7074@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Carcinoma en cuirasse;
Metastatic skin cancer;
Thyroid cancer
- MeSH:
Arm;
Biopsy;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Shoulder;
Skin;
Skin Neoplasms;
Thorax;
Thyroid Gland*;
Thyroid Neoplasms*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2004;42(2):214-216
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 52-year-old male had presented with painful swelling on the left shoulder. The lesion had progressed to involve the left chest, neck, and arm, and 3 months later, evolved into brown to light purplish hard plaque mimicking the feature of scleroderma. A skin biopsy findings were consistent with metastatic carcinoma, and neck MRI and thyroid sonogram revealed primary thyroid cancer of left lobe. The patient's condition was carcinoma en cuirasse, an uncommon clinical feature of metastatic skin cancer. Skin metastasis of thyroid cancer is rare, and to our knowledge, there is not any documented case of carcinoma en cuirasse from thyroid cancer. We present a case of carcinoma en cuirasse from thyroid cancer.
