Metastasizing basal cell carcinoma developing in a gunshot wound in a black man.
Both basal cell carcinomas that arise in blacks and those that metastasize are rare, and development of this tumor is an uncommon, late complication of trauma. We report a case of a 70-year-old black man with a basal cell carcinoma arising in a gunshot wound in a shoulder and metastasizing to axillary lymph nodes. Histologically, the tumor was of the metatypical type.
D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D044383:Black People; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*