Basal cell carcinoma arising in a seborrhoeic keratosis
Basal cell carcinoma arising in a seborrhoeic keratosis
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脂溢性角化病引起的基底细胞癌
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03323.x
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发表时间:
2009
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通讯作者:
G. Murphy
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作者:
M. Laing;C. O'keane;G. Murphy
A seborrhoeic keratosis (SK) is one of the most common benign epidermal tumours encountered in clinical practice. Malignant transformation is exceptional. In two recent issues of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, reports of an eccrine porocarcinoma SK and malignant melanoma arising within an SK were published. We report a case of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) arising within an SK. This case emphasizes that malignancies may be associated with SKs, either as tumours within the SK itself or as collision tumours (two adjacent tumours of different types occurring together at the same site). A 67-year-old man was referred for evaluation of a lesion on his left anterior chest. This had been present for 20 years and had recently become inflamed. Physical examination revealed a flat brown warty lesion measuring 8 · 10 mm, with a nodule in the centre (Fig. 1a). The differential diagnosis included a pigmented BCC, a malignant melanoma or an irritated SK. Histological examination confirmed that the lesion was a BCC arising within an SK (Fig. 1b). The lesion was fully excised. The occurrence of collision tumours is well documented, thus SK and lentigo maligna occurring together in the same area are not uncommon. Other examples of collision tumours include amelanotic melanoma and BCC, malignant melanoma and atypical fibroxanthoma, malignant melanoma and BCC, and lentigo maligna and BCC. In some cases the presence of an SK and a malignant tumour represents a situation in which one cell type is actually derived from the other. In our patient, it is clear from the clinical and histological photographs that the tumour arose within an SK. It seems that both BCC and SK may derive from a similar source: pluripotential cells of either the epidermis or hair-follicle epithelium. The wide variety of malignant tumours arising with SK suggests that pluripotential cells within the SK may mutate to a variety of tumours. Other examples of tumours arising within SK include BCC, SCC, Bowen s disease, keratoacanthoma, trichilemmal tumour, eccrine porocarcinoma and primary cutaneous ganglioneuroma. Awareness of collision tumours and tumours arising within SK poses difficulty in taking punch biopsies. Where possible, complete excision of lesions for proper evaluation is advisable or at least biopsies from > 1 site should be taken where variation in a lesion exists. (a)