Non‐Melanoma Skin Cancer and Other Epidermal Skin Tumours

A study on spectrum of periorbital dermatoses in a tertiary centre

“…SK is the most common benign epidermal tumor composed of epidermal keratinocytes. 5 It is commonly seen in middleaged individuals and can occur at any site but most frequently on face and upper trunk. 6 In our study, 14 (26.1%) patients had SK of which 8 patients were females and 6 were males with a ratio of 2:1.5, almost similar to study done by Rajesh et al 7 In the present study skin tags were the second common benign tumor affecting the periorbital region seen in 12 cases involving 7 females and 5 males.…”

Basosquamous Carcinoma Treated with Excision followed by Full-Thickness Skin Graft

“…Several studies in Indonesia showed that the incidence in women more often than men. Research in Semarang Indonesia mentioned that in 5 years (1998-2002) 54 cases of BCC were found, which consisted of 36 women (66.7%) and 18 men (33.3%) [5]. Pathogenesis depends on several factors, including genetics, sunlight, carcinogens, chronic skin damage, exposure to the drug, and other factors [6].…”

“…Factors that affect the incidence of carcinoma in these patients suspected of exposure rays of sunlight continuously for several decades earlier [7,8]. Basosquamous carcinoma can arise in all places, but most often in areas exposed to sunlight such as the ala, columella, nasal septum and the edges, sulcus nasolabial, upper lip, ear front, sulcus pre and post aurikular, canthus medial, and limit petals eyes, scalp hair and forehead, all of this area is referred to as zone H [5,9]. This carcinoma can also occur in regional body, nipples, penis, scrotum, vulva and perianal area.…”

Basal Cell Carcinoma

“…These lesions are usually misdiagnosed, leading to greater tumour growth and delayed treatment. This is an aggressive growth variant of BCC (Mackie, 2004;Nouri, 2007;Schwartz, 2008& Tzellos 2010. In histopathology; there is a fibrotic dermis that contains small, linear, and branching collections of basal cells.…”

“…Studies using approximately 2-5 years of follow up have reported recurrence rates following histologically incomplete excision of 38%, (Richmond & Davie, 1987) and 41% (De Silva & Dellon, 1985). Patients should undergo re-treatment of incompletely excised lesions especially when they involve critical midfacial sites, where the deep surgical margin is involved, the surgical defect has been repaired using skin flaps or skin grafts and where histology shows an aggressive histological subtype (Mackie & Quinn, 2004). If the decision is made to re-treat rather than observe, re-excision (with or without frozen section control) or MMS are the treatments of choice.…”