Metastatic basal cell carcinoma of the posterior neck: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 526-534

  Gropper, Adrienne B ^a   Girouard, Sasha D ^a   Hojman, Lia P ^b,c   Huang, Susan J ^a   Qian, Xiaohua ^a   Murphy, George F ^a   Vleugels, Ruth Ann ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; hedgehog; metastasis

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860138446     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2012.01871.x     Document Type: Review

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