Basal-Cell Epithelioma of the Palm

Basal‐Cell Carcinomas on Covered or Unusual Sites of the Body

“…At New York University, a computerized file of 3,531 cases of basal‐cell carcinomas contains 12 in unusual sites (seven on breasts, four in axillae, and one in a groin) 3 . In addition to these large series, there are eight reports of basal‐cell carcinomas on breasts, 4,5 two in ungual‐periungual regions, 6,7 and two on palms 8,9 . If we include cases of the basal‐cell nevus syndrome, lesions on palms become more common 10 …”

Origin of the Human Basal Cell Epithelioma**From the Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.

“…As in Case 1, the smallest projections from the epidermis produced an inverted mushroom-like figure. Ht--: -• supporting evidence for this concept are: 1) case reports of basal cell epitheliomas arising from the palm and soles (14,15), although some cases so reported were apparently cccrine poromas (16); 2) Madsen, in his painstaking studies, found two incipient basal cell epitheliomas 0.5 and 1.5 mm.…”

Basal cell carcinoma arising on the palm

“…BCC on the palm is extremely rare in patients without NBCCS. To our knowledge, only 12 cases have been reported in the Englishlanguage published work [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] and eight other cases, including the present case, in the Japanese published work. 2 Clinical data on those cases are summarized in Table 1.…”