A Rare Report of Lung Metastasis of the Common Non-Melanotic Skin Cancer

Document Type : Case Report

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1 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Tracheal Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Virology Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Clinical Tuberculosis center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma is a common non-melanotic skin cancer with a prevalence of 74.5%–82.6% in the Iranian population. BCC rarely metastasizes. However, metastasis can cause significant morbidity. The prevalence of metastatic basal cell carcinoma varies between 0.0028% and 0.55% of all cases. We describe a case of lung metastasis of basal cell carcinoma of the scalp.

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