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Published on: August 18, 2022
[Atypical subcutaneous presentation of a basal cell carcinoma]
Sine Holst-Albrechtsen1, Jacob Juel, Anne Lene H Wagenblast
1sinho@regionsjaelland.dk.
Abstract:
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) have many treatment options either by dermatologist, with excision or radiotherapy. A 78-year-old woman had a BCC removed surgically, and 18 years after she had a subcutaneously located tumour extirpated at the same location. The result of pathological examination was BCC located atypically in the subcutis. Iatrogenic seeding from primary excision or non-radical primary excision may explain this presentation. This is only the second report of subcutaneously located BCC.
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