Ewha Med J.  1984 Mar;7(1):19-28. 10.12771/emj.1984.7.1.19.

The Clinical and Histopathologic Studies on Basal Cell Epithelioma

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicihe, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

The clinical and histopathological analysis was done on 28 cases of basal cell epithelioma encountered in the Department of Dermatology, Ewha Womans University Hospital during the past 7 1/2 years period from January 1976 to June 1983. The results obtained were summarized as follows : 1) Of 28 patients, 15 cases were male and 13 cases were female with ratio of 1.16:1. 2) Average age was 53.5 years ranging from 15 to 90 years with the highest incidence rate in the age group 60-69 years. 3) Three cases of basal cell epithelioma in the young age group developed from xeroderma pigmentosum. 4) The average duration of disease was 7.5 years ranging from 1 to 20 years. 5) Twenty seven cases(96.4%) occured on face comprising 11 cases on nose, 8 cases on lower eyelid, 3 cases on cheek, each 1 case on forehead, eyebrow, upper lip, angle of mouth and mandible, and remaining 1 case occured on back. 6) The most common noduloulcerative lesion was observed in 7 cases(25.0%), and then followed by(in order)adenoid type and sclerosing type 6 cases (21.4%) respectively, mixed type 5 cases(17.9%) and keratotic type 4 cases(14.3%).


MeSH Terms

Carcinoma, Basal Cell*
Cheek
Dermatology
Eyebrows
Eyelids
Female
Forehead
Humans
Incidence
Lip
Male
Mandible
Mouth
Nose
Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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