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01.12.2014 | Original Article
Basal cell carcinoma on rhinophyma: a case series analysis
verfasst von:
Giovanni Zabbia, Carlo Melloni, Massimiliano Tripoli, Eliana Gulotta, Ampelio Anfosso, Filippo Daniele Clemente, Adriana Cordova
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 12/2014
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Abstract
Background
Several authors described the presence of malignant tumors that rarely can grow hidden over rhinophymatous skin. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most commonly reported tumor and it should always be sought and diagnosed in presence of a rhinophyma.
Methods
Between 1998 and 2012, 56 cases of rhinophyma were treated at our department. There were 54 males and 2 females with an age range between 34 to 87 years. In all cases of major or moderate degree, scalpel decortications was executed, while in cases of suspicious lesions, a biopsy and histological examination was also indicated.
Results
In this series, six cases of BCC were diagnosed and treated showing an incidence rate higher than 10 %.
Conclusions
Our results support the need of histological examination of the surgically removed tissue in patients with rhinophyma.
Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic study.