Basal cell carcinoma with hepatic metastases.
A case of metastatic basal cell carcinoma is presented which illustrates precisely the type of lesion most likely to metastasise to distant sites. The primary growth had been present for over 20 years at presentation, was in the middle third of the face, was widely invasive locally extending to involve bone, and was subject to repeated partially successful attempts at eradication. Histologically it was of the metatypical subtype. All are risk factors for metastasis of basal cell carcinoma which, in this case, eventually developed to the liver.
Postlethwaite
K R
KR
Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, North Wales.
Courtney
D J
DJ
Gosney
J R
JR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*