title: Recurrence of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at remote limb donor site.
abstract: Squamous cell skin cancer (SCC) is the second most common skin malignancy. The risk of metastasis is usually low and generally occurs through lymphatic spread. Surgical excision is the gold standard for treatment and subsequent reconstruction often involves a skin graft from a distant donor site. Our case highlights an incident in which metastatic spread of an SCC occurred in a distant skin graft donor site on the limb following free flap harvest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom. hollyw@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McKinnell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dunkin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005121:Extremities; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D060053:Transplant Donor Site / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome