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Metastatic basal cell carcinoma presenting with unilateral upper extremity edema and lymphatic spread.

Soleymani AD, Scheinfeld N, Vasil K, Bechtel MA.

Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common human malignancy, metastasizes in 0.0028% to 0.5% of cases, usually to the lymph nodes, lungs, bones, and skin. After metastatic spread of BCC, survival averages 1 to 2 years. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery are treatment options. We describe metastatic basal cell carcinoma to the skin presenting with unilateral upper extremity edema.

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PMID: 18625368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]