Giant basal cell carcinoma of anterior chest wall reveals metastasis to lungs: A case report

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy in the world, and the incidence of pulmonary metastasis is exceedingly rare. We present a case of middle‐aged male with findings consistent with BCC with metastasis to the lungs managed with surgical resection and the use of targeted...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Saad, Song, David, Reyes, Jonathan Vincent, Durrance, Richard Jesse, Jaiswal, Vikash, Pokhrel, Nishan Babu, Alluri, Raju, Awerbuch, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8813667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35140975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5421
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Sumario:Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy in the world, and the incidence of pulmonary metastasis is exceedingly rare. We present a case of middle‐aged male with findings consistent with BCC with metastasis to the lungs managed with surgical resection and the use of targeted therapy using the hedgehog pathway inhibitor with improvement.

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