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Emek Kocatürk1, Pelin Kuteyla Ülkümen2, Utkan Kızıltaç2
1Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey emekozgur@yahoo.com.
Background:
In-transit metastases are dermal and subcutanous metastatic foci located between the tumor and the closest regional lymph node. Although in-transit metastasis has been commonly described for malignant melanoma, there have been some reports of in-transit metastases arising from primary cutaneous malignancies. The risk of development of in-transit metastases is higher in patients with high-risk squamous cell carcinoma.
Case Report:
We present a case of in-transit metastasis in a nonimmunosuppressed patient with a primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
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