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Clinicopathologic features and BRAF(V600E) mutation analysis in cutaneous metastases from well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas.
Cancer - 15 May 2007
Erickson Lori A, Jin Long, Nakamura Nobuki, Bridges Alina G, Markovic Svetomir N, Lloyd Ricardo V
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BACKGROUND: Cutaneous metastases from well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas are rare and are usually identified in patients with widely disseminated disease. Occasionally, thyroid carcinomas can present as cutaneous metastases for which the primary site needs to be determined. Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) commonly have BRAF(V600E) mutation. A series of 16 cutaneous metastases were analyzed from...
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