Extensive bone metastases from basal cell carcinoma of the eye.
The incidence of metastases from basal cell carcinoma is rare. We report a 66-year-old woman who had basal cell carcinoma of the outer canthus of the left eye. Six months following radical radiotherapy, she developed local recurrence for which an orbital exenteration was done. Four months later, she developed rapidly-progressive multiple skeletal metastases and died soon after.
Puri
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Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. tarunpuri90@hotmail.com
Gunabushanam
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Sharma
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Kumar
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Julka
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D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans