Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in a bone marrow transplant recipient

Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2013 Mar;6(1):46-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2013.02.006. Epub 2013 Feb 28.

Abstract

We report a case of 53year old female with history of acute myelogenous leukemia, for which she underwent allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant; her course was complicated by chronic graft versus host disease. Seven years later she presents with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin which metastasize to her heart. Here, in this case we tend to highlight the aggressive nature of the squamous cell carcinoma in an immunocompromised individual.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiography
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary
  • Transplantation, Homologous