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Spontaneous Murine Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Published on: February 3, 2023
[Medullar cancer of the thyroid associated with dermal mucinosis]
C Fery-Blanco1, F Pelletier, P Humbert
1Département de dermatologie, CHU Saint-Jacques, 2, place Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon cedex, France.
Introduction:
Dermal mucinosis can be associated with numerous pathologies, in particular involving the thyroid, but has never been described in the case of a medullar cancer of the thyroid (MCT).
Case-Report:
A 69-year-old man consulted for a facial erythrosis, which had been developing for a few weeks without any identified triggering factor. The skin biopsy showed dermal mucinosis and tests revealed a sporadic medullar cancer of the thyroid with secondary bone, ganglion and medullar localizations.
Discussion:
The association between medullar cancer of the thyroid and dermal mucinosis has never been described. Several hypotheses may explain this: the thyroid pathology itself, whatever its nature, the capacity of the MCT to synthesize mucin and the medullar metastatic overgrowth.
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