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Head and Neck Pathology
Published in: Head and Neck Pathology 4/2011

01-12-2011 | Case Report

Metastatic Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Deposit Arising Within a Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Authors: Elinor Carey, Simon D. Jones, Paul Griffiths, Prue Baxter

Published in: Head and Neck Pathology | Issue 4/2011

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Abstract

Skin metastases are rare complications of internal malignancies, and most commonly arise from primary lung carcinoma (Brownstein and Helwig in Arch Dermatol 105:82–68, 1972). Metastatic cutaneous lesions have not previously been documented to arise within other skin tumours. We report our experience of a solitary pulmonary adenocarcinoma metastasis that arose within a pre-existing basal cell carcinoma in a patient with undiagnosed lung cancer. Immunohistochemistry was invaluable in confirming both the metastatic nature of the secondary skin lesion and its site of origin.
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Title
Metastatic Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Deposit Arising Within a Cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
Authors
Elinor Carey
Simon D. Jones
Paul Griffiths
Prue Baxter
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Head and Neck Pathology / Issue 4/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-0568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-011-0263-1

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