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Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation
An 80-year-old male with a distant 10 pack-years smoking history and squamous cell carcinoma (SCCA) of the scalp diagnosed 15 years ago presented with a new right nasal bulbar conjunctival lesion found to be invasive SCCA. The patient was started on interferon alfa-2b for 5 months until there was no...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9247528/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35950032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524528 |
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author | Nishath, Thamanna Nguyen, Minh T. Wu, Michael Marshall, Desiree A. Stacey, Andrew W. |
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description | An 80-year-old male with a distant 10 pack-years smoking history and squamous cell carcinoma (SCCA) of the scalp diagnosed 15 years ago presented with a new right nasal bulbar conjunctival lesion found to be invasive SCCA. The patient was started on interferon alfa-2b for 5 months until there was no evidence of residual disease. During a follow-up visit 10 months after diagnosis and during routine ophthalmic follow-up, an enlarged right submandibular lymph node was found through neck palpation and revealed to be SCCA without extranodal extension. The lesion was likely to have metastasized from his right conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma (CSCCA). Regional lymph nodes are a commonplace of metastasis for CSCCA making neck palpation a reasonable and recommended part of clinical examination to monitor for metastasis. This is the first known case of identifying regional metastasis of CSCCA through neck palpation. |
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spelling | pubmed-92475282022-08-09 Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation Nishath, Thamanna Nguyen, Minh T. Wu, Michael Marshall, Desiree A. Stacey, Andrew W. Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report An 80-year-old male with a distant 10 pack-years smoking history and squamous cell carcinoma (SCCA) of the scalp diagnosed 15 years ago presented with a new right nasal bulbar conjunctival lesion found to be invasive SCCA. The patient was started on interferon alfa-2b for 5 months until there was no evidence of residual disease. During a follow-up visit 10 months after diagnosis and during routine ophthalmic follow-up, an enlarged right submandibular lymph node was found through neck palpation and revealed to be SCCA without extranodal extension. The lesion was likely to have metastasized from his right conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma (CSCCA). Regional lymph nodes are a commonplace of metastasis for CSCCA making neck palpation a reasonable and recommended part of clinical examination to monitor for metastasis. This is the first known case of identifying regional metastasis of CSCCA through neck palpation. S. Karger AG 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9247528/ /pubmed/35950032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524528 Text en Copyright © 2022 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Nishath, Thamanna Nguyen, Minh T. Wu, Michael Marshall, Desiree A. Stacey, Andrew W. Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation |
title | Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation |
title_full | Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation |
title_fullStr | Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation |
title_full_unstemmed | Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation |
title_short | Identification of Metastatic Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Neck Palpation |
title_sort | identification of metastatic conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma through neck palpation |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9247528/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35950032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524528 |
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