Basal cell carcinoma involving tip and alar area of nose in a patient of hills of Uttarakhand: report of a rare case and review of literature

Hitendra Prakash Singh; Malti Kumari Maurya; Ashok Kumar

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20160551

Authors

Hitendra Prakash Singh Department of ENT & Head-Neck Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP
Malti Kumari Maurya Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP
Ashok Kumar Department of ENT, Shaheed Hassan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20160551

Keywords:

Basal cell carcinoma, BCC, Nasolabial flap

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) account for the vast majority of non-melanoma skin cancers (75%) and well over 25 percent of all cancers diagnosed each year. BCC has a predilection for fair-skinned individuals but can occur in Latin American and African American patients. Treatment of this tumour revolves around surgical excision or radiation therapy. Surgical excision can be accomplished using a variety of techniques including curettage and electrodessication, Mohs’ surgery and wide surgical excision. A case of BCC occurring in a lady of hilly areas of Uttarakhand, India and was treated with wide surgical excision and repaired with nasolabial flap has been described here.

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