Management of a Patient With a Very Large Ocular CSCC Tumor
Management of a Patient With a Very Large Ocular CSCC Tumor
A 64-Year-Old Woman With Very Large Ocular CSCC Tumor
- History
- A 64-year-old woman was referred for a left lower eyelid lesion that was rapidly increasing in size. She complained of intermittent twitching and numbness in the area. She reported that the lesion started on the lower eyelid.
- PMH: stent placed 10 years ago; hyperlipidemia, well controlled on simvastatin; hypertension, well controlled on metoprolol; rheumatoid arthritis
- PE
- Ulcerated lesion, approximately 8-mm in diameter
- ECOG PS 1
- Imaging confirmed perineural, vascular, and bone invasion
- Biopsy confirmed cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, poorly-differentiated, Clark level V, perineural invasion, vascular invasion
- Stage: T3N0M0
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