title: A rare case of endobronchial and lung metastasis in basal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer, but rarely metastasizes. This article describes diagnosis and treatment of an extremely rare case of BCC metastasizing to the lung and endobronchial tissue.
authors.affiliation: Sameer Verma is a research coordinator and Sonu Sahni is a volunteer research assistant at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Shahzad Zeb is an associate professor at Touro College of Health Sciences in New York City and president-elect of the Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiology. Michael J. Esposito is chief of the division of pathology and residency program director at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Arunabh Talwar is an attending physician in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and director of the interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension program at North Shore University Hospital in New Hyde Park. The authors have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Sonu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahni
authors.forename: Shahzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeb
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Arunabh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Talwar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*