Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and it rarely metastasizes. The prevalence of metastatic basal cell carcinoma (MBCC) varies between 0.0028% and 0.55% of all cases. Over 250 MBCC have been reported in the literature. We present a case with large recurrent basal cell carcin...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nongrum, Henry Benson, Bhuyan, Debomaliya, Royte, Vanlalhuma, Dkhar, Hughbert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25506559
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.144520
_version_ 1782347206015057920
author Nongrum, Henry Benson
Bhuyan, Debomaliya
Royte, Vanlalhuma
Dkhar, Hughbert
author_facet Nongrum, Henry Benson
Bhuyan, Debomaliya
Royte, Vanlalhuma
Dkhar, Hughbert
author_sort Nongrum, Henry Benson
collection PubMed
description Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and it rarely metastasizes. The prevalence of metastatic basal cell carcinoma (MBCC) varies between 0.0028% and 0.55% of all cases. Over 250 MBCC have been reported in the literature. We present a case with large recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the face with radiological and histopathological findings indicating the presence of metastasis to the lungs.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4252946
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-42529462014-12-12 Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature Nongrum, Henry Benson Bhuyan, Debomaliya Royte, Vanlalhuma Dkhar, Hughbert Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and it rarely metastasizes. The prevalence of metastatic basal cell carcinoma (MBCC) varies between 0.0028% and 0.55% of all cases. Over 250 MBCC have been reported in the literature. We present a case with large recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the face with radiological and histopathological findings indicating the presence of metastasis to the lungs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4252946/ /pubmed/25506559 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.144520 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Nongrum, Henry Benson
Bhuyan, Debomaliya
Royte, Vanlalhuma
Dkhar, Hughbert
Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature
title Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature
title_full Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature
title_short Metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: Case report and review of literature
title_sort metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the lungs: case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25506559
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.144520
work_keys_str_mv AT nongrumhenrybenson metastaticbasalcellcarcinomatothelungscasereportandreviewofliterature
AT bhuyandebomaliya metastaticbasalcellcarcinomatothelungscasereportandreviewofliterature
AT roytevanlalhuma metastaticbasalcellcarcinomatothelungscasereportandreviewofliterature
AT dkharhughbert metastaticbasalcellcarcinomatothelungscasereportandreviewofliterature

Ejemplares similares