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Basal cell carcinoma arising on a chronic lymphedematous leg
Author(s) -
UENO Takashi,
FUTAGAMI Ayako,
MITSUISHI Tsuyoshi,
NIIMI Yayoi,
SHIMODA Takako,
KAWANA Seiji
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00724.x
Subject(s) - lymphedema , basal cell carcinoma , medicine , dermis , nodule (geology) , edema , pathology , basal cell , dermatology , cancer , surgery , biology , breast cancer , paleontology
We describe a case of an 82‐year‐old Japanese woman with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on the leg with secondary chronic lymphedema due to treatment for uterine cancer. Sparse tumor nests with remarkable edema of the dermis in the nodule appeared to be influenced by the chronic lymphedema. However, it remains inconclusive whether or not the tumorigenesis of the BCC was associated with chronic lymphedema in this case.