Bilateral Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Breasts in a Woman

Abstract

Basal cell carcinomas (BCC) on covered sites of the body are rare (1). A case of a young woman with superficial basal cell carcinoma of both breasts is described. No history of sun bathing, X-ray, or arsenical exposure was reported. Simple excision of both lesions was performed without recurrence.

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“…Moh micrographic surgery has also been described with 5-year cure rates as high as 99% for primary disease. 4 There have been a total of 17 cases of nipple-areola complex BCC described in the literature, [5][6][7] with 9 cases in men and 8 in women. It was first described in a 60year-old man with a rodent ulcer of the nipple in 1893.…”