TY - JOUR
T1 - Rare presentations of basal cell carcinoma
AU - Nouri, Keyvan
AU - Romanelli, Paolo
AU - Trent, Jennifer T.
AU - Javid, Roya
AU - Jimenez, Gloria
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Background: Even though basal cell carcinomas (BCC) are the most common skin cancers in the world, they rarely appear in the African-American, Hispanic, and Asian populations. BCCs most commonly present on the head and neck of elderly, light-skinned individuals who have received an excessive amount of sun exposure. However, it has been hypothesized that the development of BCCs in unusual populations is a result of an alteration in tumor surveillance or an impairment in cellular immunity. Objective: We present two cases of BCC, one in an Asian woman and one in an African-American woman. Neither of these patients had any history of genodermatoses or were immunocompromised. Conclusion: BCCs can occur in Asian and African-American patients. Clinicians should include the diagnosis of BCC in their differential for these patients despite their rare presentations.
AB - Background: Even though basal cell carcinomas (BCC) are the most common skin cancers in the world, they rarely appear in the African-American, Hispanic, and Asian populations. BCCs most commonly present on the head and neck of elderly, light-skinned individuals who have received an excessive amount of sun exposure. However, it has been hypothesized that the development of BCCs in unusual populations is a result of an alteration in tumor surveillance or an impairment in cellular immunity. Objective: We present two cases of BCC, one in an Asian woman and one in an African-American woman. Neither of these patients had any history of genodermatoses or were immunocompromised. Conclusion: BCCs can occur in Asian and African-American patients. Clinicians should include the diagnosis of BCC in their differential for these patients despite their rare presentations.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10227-001-0043-8
DO - 10.1007/s10227-001-0043-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 11951127
AN - SCOPUS:0036322731
VL - 6
SP - 226
EP - 228
JO - Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
JF - Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
SN - 1203-4754
IS - 3
ER -