Basal cell carcinoma does metastasize.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) rarely metastasizes. However, this unfortunate outcome can occur, usually in neglected tumors. We report a 52-year-old man with a BCC on the left chest that enlarged and then ulcerated over a 6-year period. Metastasis of the tumor to lymph nodes in the left axilla resulted, but the patient remains free of disease 24 months after wide excision, lymph node dissection, and local radiation therapy to the axilla.
Ozgediz
Doruk
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Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center San Francisco, California, USA.
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Zheng
Jie
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Otero
Jose
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Tabatabai
Z Laura
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Corvera
Carlos U
CU
D001365:Axilla; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012074:Remission Induction; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed