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What clinical or pathologic features would make you more concerned that a new skin SCC is from metastatic disease or a new cutaneous primary?

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Dermatology · Eastern Virginia Medical School
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Histologic examination should reveal an epidermal connection in a primary SCC. If one cannot be found, the pathologist must raise the possibility of a metastatic lesion and state that alternatively could be a portion of primary SCC (epidermal connection may not be included in biopsy sampling). If th...

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