CASE REPORT article

Front. Surg.

Sec. Surgical Oncology

Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1575461

Basal cell skin cancer with metastasis to subcutaneous fat - a case report

Provisionally accepted
Veronika RumyantsevaVeronika Rumyantseva1Anna SukhotkoAnna Sukhotko2Victor SukharevVictor Sukharev2Anna BumbuAnna Bumbu2Evghenii ZakurdaevEvghenii Zakurdaev2Serghei CovantsevSerghei Covantsev2*
  • 1Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
  • 2S.P. Botkin Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia

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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a malignant neoplasm of the skin that originates from the cells of the basal layer of the epidermis and is the most common skin cancer worldwide, accounting for more than 75% of all nonmelanoma skin cancers. About 4 million BCCs are diagnosed annually worldwide. Despite being the most common skin tumor, metastasis is rare and occurs in 0.0028-0.55% of cases. In this case report, we present a rare case of giant basal cell carcinoma with metastasis to the subcutaneous fat in a 69-year-old woman.

Keywords: basal cell carcinoma, metastasis, axillary lymph node, Subcutaneous Fat, Nonmelanoma skin cancers

Received: 12 Feb 2025; Accepted: 03 Jun 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Rumyantseva, Sukhotko, Sukharev, Bumbu, Zakurdaev and Covantsev. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Serghei Covantsev, S.P. Botkin Clinical Hospital, Moscow, 125284, Moscow Oblast, Russia

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