[Thyroid ophthalmopathy: clinical activity determination of thyroid ophthalmopathy as a prognostic factor of immunosuppressive treatment response].

Objective: To determine the usefulness of the clinical, biochemical and thyroid imaging parameters in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, in predicting their response to immunosuppressive treatment.

Methods: This retrospective study of 16 patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy considered a number of variables including sex, age, thyroid hormone levels, treatment of the thyroid dysfunction, clinical activity score (CAS), severity (NOSPECS) of the ophthalmopathy, signs in standardized A-mode ultrasonography, in CAT and/or NMR, and previously used treatments and their effectiveness.

Results: The average age of the patients was 50.

Malignant melanoma with zosteriform metastases.

Melanoma is a tumor that has a high tendency to metastasize to the skin. Zosteriform metastases are a rare form of metastasizing melanoma. We describe a 79-year-old man with melanoma presenting with a dermatomal distribution and no visceral metastases.