Rapid development of metastases from basal cell carcinoma presenting as cranial nerve palsies.
A case is reported of metastatic basal cell carcinoma presenting with multiple neurologic deficits 20 months after excision of the primary lesion with good local control. Many features associated with the development of metastasis from basal cell carcinoma were not present in this case.
Ambros
R A
RA
Department of Pathology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey.
Standiford
S B
SB
Sobel
H J
HJ
Haim
A
A
Mohit-Tabatabai
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*