Lethal giant basal cell carcinoma

Basal cell carcinomas are the most common malignancy in Caucasian populations with a very low predisposition to metastatic disease and an excellent prognosis if appropriately treated. Given the rarity of a lethal outcome two cases are reported. Case 1: A 61-year-old reclusive man who had an untreate...

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description Basal cell carcinomas are the most common malignancy in Caucasian populations with a very low predisposition to metastatic disease and an excellent prognosis if appropriately treated. Given the rarity of a lethal outcome two cases are reported. Case 1: A 61-year-old reclusive man who had an untreated facial basal cell carcinoma for 10 years died of hypothermia and sepsis complicating the extensively ulcerated and infected tumour. He also had underlying cardiomegaly, ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Case 2: A 60-year-old man who had an untreated lower lumbar basal cell carcinoma for 14 years died of sepsis, inanition and pulmonary thromboembolism (due to a right-sided deep venous thrombosis) complicating the deeply ulcerated tumour. Untreated giant basal cell carcinoma may uncommonly present for medicolegal assessment with complex pathophysiological lethal mechanisms. The possibility of Diogenes syndrome should be considered.
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