A possible pitfall of Mohs surgery in collision tumor diagnosis: A case of a squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp overlying a metastatic breast lesion of the skull

Annie J Tsay; Allison R Paine; Jessyka G Lighthall; Karen Y Choi; Jeanette Hebel; Alexandra Flamm

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.12.004

A possible pitfall of Mohs surgery in collision tumor diagnosis: A case of a squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp overlying a metastatic breast lesion of the skull

JAAD Case Rep. 2020 Jan 22;6(2):119-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.12.004. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Annie J Tsay¹, Allison R Paine², Jessyka G Lighthall³, Karen Y Choi⁴, Jeanette Hebel⁵, Alexandra Flamm²

Affiliations

¹ Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Dermatology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
³ Section of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Dermatology Associates of Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; ER, estrogen-receptor; IDC, infiltrating ductal carcinoma; Mohs surgery pitfall in diagnosis; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; breast cancer metastasis; collision tumor; squamous cell carcinoma.

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Case Reports