title: Metastatic basal cell carcinoma of the spine.
abstract: A rather progressive case of basal cell carcinoma of the left zygoma which subsequently metastasized to spine and brain resulting in mortality is presented. Surgical management of spinal metastases should be prompt and radical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Fasika
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Shokunbi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D015050:Zygoma