Giant basal cell carcinoma with metastases and myelophthisic anemia.
We report a 59-year-old, dark-complexioned black man with a giant basal cell carcinoma infiltrating virtually the entire scalp. Widespread metastatic bone marrow involvement produced a myelophthisic anemia. Basal cell carcinoma is rare in blacks, is rarely this large, and very rarely produces myelophthisic anemia from bone marrow metastases.
D000750:Anemia, Myelophthisic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*