Incidental pigmented basal cell carcinoma discovered on positron emission tomography (PET)

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which frequently occurs in sun‐exposed areas of the head and neck region, is the most common cutaneous malignancy but the least studied with radiologic imaging techniques. This article outlines the case of a 65‐year‐old male with a pigmented BCC of the right shoulder disc...

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Published in:JEADV clinical practice Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 1258 - 1261
Main Authors: Jazaeri, Yasaman, Del Marmol, Véronique, Suppa, Mariano, Dumarey, Nicolas
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Madrid John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2024
Wiley
Subjects:
basal cell carcinoma
Case reports
computed tomography
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Melanoma
Metabolism
Metastasis
Patients
positron emission tomography
radiology
Skin cancer
Tomography
Tumors
ISSN:2768-6566, 2768-6566
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Summary:Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which frequently occurs in sun‐exposed areas of the head and neck region, is the most common cutaneous malignancy but the least studied with radiologic imaging techniques. This article outlines the case of a 65‐year‐old male with a pigmented BCC of the right shoulder discovered on positron emission tomography‐computed tomography (PET/CT). The lesion was initially suspected as a melanoma. However, the histopathological features showed a tumor of basaloid cells. PET/CT is an excellent technique for the detection of hypermetabolic tumors, such as melanoma, squamous cell and Merkel cell carcinomas, in lymph nodes and distant organs. The usefulness of PET is limited for slowly growing tumors, such as BCC. However, PET/CT can be useful for the detection of distant metastasis in locally advanced BCC as well as in the follow‐up of locally advanced BCC on Hedgehog inhibitors. This article outlines the case of a 65‐year‐old male with a pigmented basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the right shoulder discovered on positron emission tomography‐computed tomography (PET/CT). BCC is the most common cutaneous malignancy but the least studied with radiologic imaging techniques. The usefulness of PET is limited for slowly growing tumors. However, PET/CT can be useful for the detection of distant metastasis in locally advanced BCC as well as in the follow‐up of locally advanced BCC on Hedgehog inhibitors.
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ISSN:2768-6566
2768-6566
DOI:10.1002/jvc2.434