Cutaneous SCC: metastases with a predilection for lungs 6 years after excision of the primary tumour.
An 80-year-old woman developed an ulcerated, moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) on the lower leg. Despite local excision and radiotherapy, the patient presented 6 years later with multiple lung metastases which were histologically indistinguishable from the original skin tumour. There was no evidence of metastases to lymph nodes or other viscera.
Panayiotou
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent.
Aravindan
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Sinha
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Ryatt
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery