Tuesday, May 04, 2021

A Thing of Beauty

 60 yo woman with few year history LLL lesion

Full-time care-giver to disabled son
2-cm liner lesion Left Lower Lid with a central groove
3 mm punch bx: nodular & infiltrative BCC
Clinical Images:



Pathology (Courtesy of Dr. David Jones, Berkshire Medical Center)



Diagnosis: Linear Basal Cell Carcinoma
Presented for interest and comments.

References:
Linear basal cell carcinoma occurs most commonly on the lower eyelid  G L Becher, et. al. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2011 Apr;36(3):311-2.
Linear basal cell carcinoma: a distinct condition?                              Al-Niaimi, C C Lyon. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2011 Apr;36(3):231-4.
Linear Basal cell carcinoma in an asian patien. Kinoshita Shinsuke  et. al. Open Ophthalmol J. 2007 Dec 17;1:20  Free Full Text PMC

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