ArticleEplasty2010
CASE REPORT Superficial Spreading Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Face: A Surgical Challenge.
Article in Eplasty, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Regression Rate of Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Veteran Population: A Study of 317 Cases at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2025Article
- The importance of superficial basal cell carcinoma in a retrospective study of 139 patients who underwent Mohs micrographic surgery in a Brazilian university hospital.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2015Article
- Superficial large Basal cell carcinoma over face, reconstructed by v-y plasty.Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery · 2014Article
- Pigmented Basal cell carcinoma: a clinical variant, report of two cases.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2013Article
- Large superficial Basal cell carcinoma arising in the scalp.Annals of dermatology · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe present the case of a white man with a facial nodule suspicious for basal cell carcinoma.
methodsBiopsy revealed clusters of basaloid tumor cells with peripheral palisading, consistent with a superficial spreading variant of basal cell carcinoma.
resultsThe patient was treated with Mohs micrographic surgery, with clear margins achieved after the second stage of excision. However, since it was a superficial spreading basal cell carcinoma, this was followed by topical imiquimod treatment.
conclusionTopical chemotherapy with imiquimod or 5-fluorouracil may be valuable alternatives or adjuncts, given the increased likelihood of recurrence after surgical excision of superficial spreading basal cell carcinoma. Mohs surgery is of limited value in the management of superficial spreading basal cell carcinoma because it characteristically shows areas of uninvolved skin between tumor nests.
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