Basal cell carcinoma arising on a chronic lymphedematous leg.
We describe a case of an 82-year-old Japanese woman with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on the leg with secondary chronic lymphedema due to treatment for uterine cancer. Sparse tumor nests with remarkable edema of the dermis in the nodule appeared to be influenced by the chronic lymphedema. However, it remains inconclusive whether or not the tumorigenesis of the BCC was associated with chronic lymphedema in this case.
Ueno
Takashi
T
Department of Cutaneous and Mucosal Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. takashi-ueno@nms.ac.jp
Futagami
Ayako
A
Mitsuishi
Tsuyoshi
T
Niimi
Yayoi
Y
Shimoda
Takako
T
Kawana
Seiji
S
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications