Basal cell carcinoma of the scalp resulting in spine metastasis in a black patient.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common skin cancer in the United States, is locally invasive but has a low risk of metastasis. BCC is rare in black patients but, regardless of racial origin, most BCC occurs on sun-exposed areas. We describe a 67-year-old black man with a large BCC on the hairy scalp, a relatively sun-protected area, that metastasized to the spine. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a black patient with development of metastatic BCC on an otherwise normal scalp.
Department of Dermatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX.
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D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy