title: The woman with unexplained anaemia.
abstract: A 77-year-old woman was admitted to hospital for 3 weeks to treat cellulitis and investigate unexplained anaemia. Earlier, when her neck had been examined on outpatient review of her lymphoedema, a large fungating tumour had been noted. This was biopsied and found to be a mixed basaloid adenocarcinoma. She was subsequently admitted under the plastic surgeons and treated with wide local excision on postero-lateral neck dissection. The defect was reconstructed with a deltopectoral flap.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Hadithy
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome