RESEARCH ARTICLE
Linear Basal Cell Carcinoma in an Asian Patient
Kinoshita Shinsuke1, Kakizaki Hirohiko*, 1, Takahashi Yasuhiro2, Hara Kazuo3, Iwaki Masayoshi1
2 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2007Volume: 1
First Page: 20
Last Page: 22
Publisher ID: TOOPHTJ-1-20
DOI: 10.2174/1874364100701010020
Article History:
Received Date: 9/9/2007Revision Received Date: 26/11/2007
Acceptance Date: 3/12/2007
Electronic publication date: 17/12/2007
Collection year: 2007
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/) which permits unrestrictive use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Linear basal cell carcinoma (BCC), which has a ratio of its long and short axes of more than 3: 1, is a distinct clinical entity among BCC. We report the first case report of a linear BCC in an Asian patient. An 87 year-old woman presented with an ulcerated black nodule, 15×5mm (3: 1), on her nasojungal fold of the right lower eyelid. The tumor was excised with 5 mm safety margin. The pathological examination confirmed the tumor was a BCC with a clear margin. Diagnosis of a linear BCC is based on its morphological features and occurrence along the wrinkle line, which needs to be also considered in Asian.
