Kahveci Orhan Kemal, Okur Erdogan, Sahin Onder, Altuntas Ali, Okur Nazan, Aktepe Fatma
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Mar;21(2):592-4. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181d08b96.
Neck masses are common in physicians' daily practice; however, there is a small possibility that the origin of the neck mass is a basal cell carcinoma (BCC). We present a BCC of the scalp that metastasizes to the neck without any lymphoid involvement. We also reviewed possible risk factors for metastasis of the BCC, which is a probable cause of neck mass.