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Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is generally uncovered in sun-exposed areas, secondary to chronic unprotected UV exposure. The most common sites for nodular basal cells are the face, especially the nose, cheeks, forehead, nasolabial folds, and eyelids, with a history of crusting and friability. The comme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919367 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26469 |
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author | Amos-Arowoshegbe, Elizabeth O Varghese, Rio Joseph, Abia B Kanu-Ivi, Chika Sadi, Nehal Sadana, Sabina Latif, Faisal Abdul, Asiyah Ratra, Raunaq Blume, Kyle Tiesenga, Frederick |
author_facet | Amos-Arowoshegbe, Elizabeth O Varghese, Rio Joseph, Abia B Kanu-Ivi, Chika Sadi, Nehal Sadana, Sabina Latif, Faisal Abdul, Asiyah Ratra, Raunaq Blume, Kyle Tiesenga, Frederick |
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description | Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is generally uncovered in sun-exposed areas, secondary to chronic unprotected UV exposure. The most common sites for nodular basal cells are the face, especially the nose, cheeks, forehead, nasolabial folds, and eyelids, with a history of crusting and friability. The commencement of BCC is 10 to 15 years from epidermal damage. Here, we report the case of a 52-year-old Caucasian female who presented to her primary care with an enlarging bump on the scalp for the past five years, which became tender and friable two months before the visit. The patient was clinically diagnosed with a solitary cyst and was referred for surgical excision. The pathology of the excised specimen revealed it to be a BCC. |
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spelling | pubmed-93388412022-08-01 Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp Amos-Arowoshegbe, Elizabeth O Varghese, Rio Joseph, Abia B Kanu-Ivi, Chika Sadi, Nehal Sadana, Sabina Latif, Faisal Abdul, Asiyah Ratra, Raunaq Blume, Kyle Tiesenga, Frederick Cureus Dermatology Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is generally uncovered in sun-exposed areas, secondary to chronic unprotected UV exposure. The most common sites for nodular basal cells are the face, especially the nose, cheeks, forehead, nasolabial folds, and eyelids, with a history of crusting and friability. The commencement of BCC is 10 to 15 years from epidermal damage. Here, we report the case of a 52-year-old Caucasian female who presented to her primary care with an enlarging bump on the scalp for the past five years, which became tender and friable two months before the visit. The patient was clinically diagnosed with a solitary cyst and was referred for surgical excision. The pathology of the excised specimen revealed it to be a BCC. Cureus 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9338841/ /pubmed/35919367 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26469 Text en Copyright © 2022, Amos-Arowoshegbe et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Amos-Arowoshegbe, Elizabeth O Varghese, Rio Joseph, Abia B Kanu-Ivi, Chika Sadi, Nehal Sadana, Sabina Latif, Faisal Abdul, Asiyah Ratra, Raunaq Blume, Kyle Tiesenga, Frederick Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp |
title | Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp |
title_full | Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp |
title_fullStr | Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp |
title_full_unstemmed | Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp |
title_short | Basal Cell Cancer of the Scalp |
title_sort | basal cell cancer of the scalp |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919367 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26469 |
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