title: Cervical in-transit metastasis from a truncal basal cell carcinoma.
abstract: The authors describe a rare case in which a cervical metastatic basal cell carcinoma (BCC) occurred from a small, non-ulcerated primary lesion on the trunk of a female patient. The metastasis had the same immunohistochemical staining pattern as several biopsies from the primary site. It was immediately adjacent to the left neck regional nodes and we view this as an in-transit metastasis. There is often debate about the validity of BCC metastases to lymph nodes but an in-transit lesion strengthens the argument that this does rarely occur.
authors: ENT Department, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK. kamaalkhan@hotmail.com
authors: Muhammad Kamaal
authors: MK
authors: Khan
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Powell
authors: Neil
authors: N
authors: Cox
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Robson
authors: Nick
authors: N
authors: Murrant
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome