Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Cellulitis | Zendy

Min Zhao | Zendy; Katamreddy Sasikumar | Zendy; Masanosuke Kinoshita | Zendy; Mahdi Abdullah | Zendy; Hiyard Alhusaini | Zendy; Dariush Alaie | Zendy; Richard Petrillo | Zendy

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Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Cellulitis

Author(s) -

Min Zhao,

Katamreddy Sasikumar,

Masanosuke Kinoshita,

Mahdi Abdullah,

Hiyard Alhusaini,

Dariush Alaie,

Richard Petrillo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 1179-5476

DOI - 10.4137/ccrep.s18915

Subject(s) - cellulitis , basal cell , dermatology , medicine , carcinoma , pathology

In general, skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) presents as papules or plaques with erythematous or pigmented appearance that may ulcerate the skin. Cellulitis caused by metastatic deposit from a known primary skin SCC has been reported once.1 We describe a patient who presented with cellulitis on the face that did not respond well to full course of antibiotics treatment, and turned out to be a newly diagnosed SCC after biopsy. Other differential diagnoses, such as malignancy, should be suspected in all unusual presentations and biopsy should be taken if patients do not show an optimal and desired improvement after receiving a full-course of antibiotic therapy for cellulitis.

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