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Case Number : Case 1267 - 01 May Posted By: Guest

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Small BCC on forehead.

Case posted by Dr Richard Carr


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Guest Romualdo

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Giant cell arteritis associated with overlying basal cell carcinoma.

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Agree. Nodular basal cell carcinoma and granulomatous arteritis, presumably part of temporal arteritis.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Agree, interesting
Here is a link to a similar case
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475953/

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Arti Bakshi

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Agree, BCC with Giant cell arteritis. Interested to know if there were any clinical symptoms of temporal arteritis.

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Dr. Richard Carr

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Yes I reported it as a BCC and "incidental" giant cell arteritis and asked if there were any relevant clinical symptoms in the pathology report. It later turned out on direct questioning there was a history of aches & pains, weight loss, jaw claudication and on examination reduced pulsatility of the termporal artery and raised viscosity! In hindsight it is one of those cases that I should have picked up the phone and spoken to the clinician directly and advised urgent re-assessment & investigations rather than trusting the clinician had received and would act promptly on the pathology report.

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