Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple: An Uncommon but Ever-Increasing Location

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy of the skin. It is most frequently seen on the sun-exposed areas of the head and neck region. Occurrence of BCC on the nipple is extremely rare, though the number of the reported cases has been increasing steadily. It has metastatic potential...

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Autores principales: Oram, Yasemin, Demirkesen, Cüyan, Akkaya, Ayşe Deniz, Koyuncu, Erkan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/818291
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author Oram, Yasemin
Demirkesen, Cüyan
Akkaya, Ayşe Deniz
Koyuncu, Erkan
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description Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy of the skin. It is most frequently seen on the sun-exposed areas of the head and neck region. Occurrence of BCC on the nipple is extremely rare, though the number of the reported cases has been increasing steadily. It has metastatic potential to regional lymph nodes; therefore a more aggressive course can be expected when compared to BCCs located at other sites. Hence, early diagnosis and treatment of BCCs located on this region is of importance. There are 39 reported cases of BCC of nipple-areola complex (NAC) in the English literature. We present an additional case of BCC located on the nipple, presenting with enlargement of the nipple as a sole clinical finding in a 60-year-old man.
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spelling pubmed-35059202012-12-20 Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple: An Uncommon but Ever-Increasing Location Oram, Yasemin Demirkesen, Cüyan Akkaya, Ayşe Deniz Koyuncu, Erkan Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy of the skin. It is most frequently seen on the sun-exposed areas of the head and neck region. Occurrence of BCC on the nipple is extremely rare, though the number of the reported cases has been increasing steadily. It has metastatic potential to regional lymph nodes; therefore a more aggressive course can be expected when compared to BCCs located at other sites. Hence, early diagnosis and treatment of BCCs located on this region is of importance. There are 39 reported cases of BCC of nipple-areola complex (NAC) in the English literature. We present an additional case of BCC located on the nipple, presenting with enlargement of the nipple as a sole clinical finding in a 60-year-old man. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2012-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3505920/ /pubmed/23259074 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/818291 Text en Copyright © 2011 Yasemin Oram et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple: An Uncommon but Ever-Increasing Location
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title_short Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple: An Uncommon but Ever-Increasing Location
title_sort basal cell carcinoma of the nipple: an uncommon but ever-increasing location
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/818291
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