Inoperable poorly differentiated SCC to vertex of scalp progressing into sagittal sinus treated with palliative Cemiplimab | Zendy

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Inoperable poorly differentiated SCC to vertex of scalp progressing into sagittal sinus treated with palliative Cemiplimab

Author(s) -

Grounds Katie,

Emmanuel O

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5679

Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , basal cell , skin cancer , basal cell carcinoma , pathology , superior sagittal sinus , dermatology , vertex (graph theory) , cancer , thrombosis , graph , mathematics , discrete mathematics

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common non‐melanoma skin cancer after basal cell carcinoma, characterized by the malignant proliferation of epidermal keratinocytes. We report a case of an inoperable cSCC of the scalp extending into the sagittal sinus, now responding well to the monoclonal antibody Cemiplimab.

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