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Lipoma in Shoulder Has Basal Cell Carcinoma. Any More Insight?

davesmithtexas
2 years ago my doctor looked at a lump on my shoulder under the skin. He said it was a lipoma and non cancerous and it was ok to leave it alone; I recently had the lump removed. He sent it to the lab and it came back as containing Basel cell carcinoma. My doctor was shocked and is saying that it would be very rare for this to contain basel cells since basel cells are skin cancer and not found in the fatty tissue under the skin were the lump was. Can anyone give me more information about this?

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Dr. Norman Bakshandeh Day, MD, FACS
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Dr. Vincent D. Lepore, MD (retired)
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