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Report of a Case

JOSEPH C. AMERSBACH, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1947;56(2):172-178.

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A CAREFUL search of the literature reveals few cases of metastatic basal cell epithelioma. Most of the cases reported as such later proved to be of the basal-squamous type. There are, however, several cases which are generally accepted as metastatic basal cell epitheliomas and a number of others which are thought to be possible cases of metastatic basal cell epithelioma.

In 1931, Niles¹ reported a case of metastatic basal cell epithelioma which later proved to be of the basal-squamous type.² A review of the literature in his report included 5 cases of metastatic basal cell epithelioma, 1 each reported by Beadles, Janeway and Körbl (case 61) and 2 reported by Finnerud,³ and 4 cases of possible, but in his opinion not proved, metastatic basal cell epithelioma reported by D. W. Montgomery, Dubreuilh and Auché, Fordyce and Marassovich.⁴

In 1935, H. Montgomery⁵ pointed out that the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
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From the New York Skin and Cancer Unit, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University.

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