Basal cell carcinoma arising at the site of venipuncture.
Basal cell carcinoma has been reported to occur in sites of chronic trauma, inflammation, or scarring, and even after a single injury. We report on a patient in whom a nodular basal cell carcinoma developed at the site of venipuncture. The venipuncture occurred six months earlier and the site never healed but gradually progressed to a nodule of basal cell carcinoma. Single injuries may provoke or aggravate the growth of basal cell carcinoma.
D001815:Bloodletting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology