Eyelid Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Healthy Child
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & STRABISMUS, cilt.51, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 51
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Doi Numarası: 10.3928/01913913-20141203-02
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & STRABISMUS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Basal cell carcinoma is rare in children and usually is associated with genetic or immune predisposing factors. A 14-year-old otherwise healthy boy who had an eyelid basal cell carcinoma is presented. The tumor was in the subcilliary area in the lateral part of the lower eyelid, was ulceronodular with some pigmentation, and had grown over the past 6 months. The patient's medical history was unremarkable. Systemic and immunologic studies did not find any abnormality that could present a predisposition to skin cancer. The tumor was excised and the resulting eyelid defect was repaired with a semicircular flap. During a follow-up period of 44 months, the patient did not develop any recurrence, de novo tumor, or extraocular disease of any significance.