Korean J Dermatol.  1984 Feb;22(1):79-82.

A Case of Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinoma

• Min BG
• Kim YK
• Choi KC

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common skin cancer, but it rarely metastasizes. Metastatic basal cell carcinoma (MBCC) is rare in terms of incidence as well as absolute numbers. We present a case of 67-year-old woman who had a dirty oozing, ulcerated, tumor mass on the vertex and suffered from dyspnea and mild lumbago. The diagnosis of MBCC was based on clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings. To our knowledge, the occurrence of MBCC has not been reported in the Korean literatures. So we reported herein this case of MBCC of the lung and the bone.

MeSH Terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Basal Cell*
Diagnosis
Dyspnea
Female
Humans
Incidence
Low Back Pain
Lung
Skin Neoplasms
Ulcer