title: Multiple metastatic basal cell carcinoma with concurrent metastatic pleomorphic sarcoma in chronic lymphedema area--case report.
abstract: Chronic lymphedema presents as interstitial fluid retention due to a failure in the lymphatic system drainage. The affected region becomes more vulnerable immunologically and predisposed to the onset of neoplasms. Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common sort of neoplasm, nevertheless it rarely metastisizes. Sarcomas are malignant mesenchymal neoplasms, locally aggressive, which can spread. Here is reported an infrequent case of multiple basal cell carcinoma, synchronous to a poorly differentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, both spreading to lymph nodes and arising from tissue compromised by chronic lymphedema.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Piauí (Universidade Federal do Piaui - UFPI) - Teresina (PI), Brazil. giulianooliveira@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Giuliano da Paz
authors.initials: Gda P
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Régio José Santiago
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Girão
authors.forename: Cléverson Teixeira
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Edgard Jose Franco
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mello Junior
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006223:Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000556:secondary*