A 59-year-old man presented with an unresectable bulky giant basal cell carcinoma on his upper back. A trial of chemotherapy did not help relieve his symptoms or reduce the tumor. He was referred for and received definitive radiation therapy via IMRT with dramatic regression. The patient had been unable to lie on his back for many years but currently can sleep comfortably on his back without pa...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common non-melanoma skin cancers, Giant variant of BCCs are a rare cutaneous neoplasms. The most important risk factors for skin cancers are ultraviolet (UV) exposure. We report the case of a 69-year-old men presented with pruritus, bleeding, focal ulcerated, large multinodular lesion symptoms and findings in the temporal region of the scalp. Grossly, ther...

Dermatofibroma is a slowly growing common benign cutaneous tumor characterized by hard papules and nodules. The rarely seen erosions and ulcerations may cause difficulties in the diagnosis. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, which is clinically and histopathologically of malignant character, displays difficulties in the diagnosis since it has similarities with basal cell carcinoma, epidermoid car...

Reconstructing a large cutaneous cheek defect post tumour excision poses great challenge to the reconstructive surgeon. The surgical options are limited for functional and aesthetically acceptable outcome. microvascular free flap which is currently gold standard still not common place in our practice Nigeria. Cervicofacial flap, single stage procedure, offers an excellent alternative as it can ...

Giant keratinocyte tumors, in particular basal cell carcinomas of the scalp area, are a serious challenge for dermatosurgeons, oncologists, maxillofacial and reconstructive surgeons. The area is limited terms skin mobility, its elasticity decreases with age. size tumors this degree infiltration underlying tissues important therapeutic choice - from surgical removal, waiting granulationsto form ...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) commonly affects the elderly and is mostly confined to the head and neck region. Only 10% of all cases occur on the trunk. We presented a case of bullous lesion on the abdomen in a young male, initially diagnosed by clinicians as a vascular nevus. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry (IHC) revealed it to be Nodular cystic variant of BCC. This rare va...

background and aims. the correlation between morphology of giant cells in peripheral granulomas of the jaws and the aggressive behavior of the lesion is unknown. this study investigated the correlation between the histopathologic features with demographic, gross and radiographic findings in giant cell granulomas. materials and methods. in this analytical study, data from 23 cases of central gia...

Background: In addition to the well-defined histological criteria for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC), immunohistochemical techniques can be used in difficult cases for their differentiation. As differential diagnosis between trichoepithelioma (TE) and BCC is sometimes difficult for the clinician and the pathologist, CD10 may be a useful marker for definite diagnosi...