BASOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA: A RARE CASE OF EAR METASTATSIS IN A 13 YEARS-OLD

WE PRESENT THE CASE OF A 13-YEARS OLD FEMALE CHILD, WITH A NODULAR TUMOR ON THEEAR LOBE, RESECTED AND INVESTIGATED IN THE PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL OF PITEȘTI, ROMANIA.THE INITIAL CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS WAS OF A SEBACOUS CYST, BUT, AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION ATTHE MICROSCOPE, WE DETECTED THE PRESENCE OF SQUAMOID PROLIFERATIONS, WITHKERATINISATION AND BASALOID FEATURES, CONCLUDING THE DIAGNOSIS AS A METASTASISWITH BASOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA ORIGIN. BASOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA REMAINS A RAREFINDING IN CHILDREN AND, IS OFTEN, MISINTERPRETED AS A SUQAMOUS CARCINOMA.THEREFORE, THIS WORK IS INTENDED TO FOCUS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DISEASE FORPATHOLOGISTS WHO INVESTIGATE CHILD DERMATOPATHOLOGY, REGARDING THIS MATTER.