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Not Just Skin Deep: Distant Metastases from Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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  Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common cancer in the United States and has 5-year recurrence and metastasis rates of 8% and 5%, respectively.1, 2 However, not all cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas are alike, and the size and location of the primary lesion confers a widely variable risk for recurrence and metastasis. Case Summary A 69-year-old man presented with 1 week...