Korean J Dermatol.  1996 Aug;34(4):684-688.

A Case of nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome with Basal Cell Carcinoma developing in a Palmar Pit

• Cho DY
• Lee SC
• Won YH
• Chun IK

Abstract

Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome is a genetically determined disorder characterized by multiple basal cell carcinoma, palmoplantar pits and defects in other organs or tissues. Basal cell carcinoma may arise any sit of body. But infrequently typical basal cell carcinomas arise from the depressed epidermis which forms the base of the pits on the hands and feet. The patient was a 12 years old girl who developed multiple black-colored papules on the face and a dark reddish to black-colored pit over the palm and skin-colored depressed circumscribed pits on the plantar surface of feet. she also had an odontogenic cyst in the right maxilla, epidermal cyst on the trunk and mutiple intradermal nevi on the face. But the family history was not present. The histopathologic findings of the depressed pit of the palm showed a crater on the stratum corneum, and a well marginated tumor nest of basal cell carcinoma showing keratotic feature on the center of the lesion and reticulated feature on the periphery.

Keyword

Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome; Palmoplantar pit

MeSH Terms

Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome*
Carcinoma, Basal Cell*
Child
Epidermal Cyst
Epidermis
Female
Foot
Hand
Humans
Maxilla
Nevus, Intradermal
Odontogenic Cysts