Open AccessMetastatic Basal Cell Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Aravind Reddy Kuchkuntla
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.47363/jonrr/2021(2)148
Subject(s) - basal cell carcinoma , lesion , medicine , metastasis , head and neck , distant metastasis , incidence (geometry) , skin cancer , basal cell , soft tissue , pathology , metastatic lesion , carcinoma , cancer , dermatology , surgery , physics , optics
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cancer worldwide with an estimated annual incidence of 2 million in the United States. Majority of the patients present with a suspicious skin lesion with surrounding soft tissue destruction, but distant metastasis is rare, reportedly in less than 0.05-0.1% of all cases. So far, around 350 cases have been reported with majority of metastases occurring in primary lesions of head and neck. Here, we present a patient with high-risk BCC lesion presenting with distant metastasis.