Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma of Anterior Chest Wall Reveals Metastasis to Lungs: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2022 Feb 10

PMID 35140975

Authors

Saad Ahmad

David Song

Jonathan Vincent Reyes

Richard Jesse Durrance

Vikash Jaiswal

Nishan Babu Pokhrel

Raju Alluri

Elizabeth Awerbuch

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Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy in the world, and the incidence of pulmonary metastasis is exceedingly rare. We present a case of middle-aged male with findings consistent with BCC with metastasis to the lungs managed with surgical resection and the use of targeted therapy using the hedgehog pathway inhibitor with improvement.

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