Basal cell carcinoma kissing with nodular nevus on the eyelid margin: a causality or coincidence?
ORBIT-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ORBITAL DISORDERS-OCULOPLASTIC AND LACRIMAL SURGERY, 2024 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Publication Date: 2024
- Doi Number: 10.1080/01676830.2024.2420714
- Journal Name: ORBIT-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ORBITAL DISORDERS-OCULOPLASTIC AND LACRIMAL SURGERY
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier
- Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Two patients, a 38-year-old woman and, a 74-year-old man, had ulceronodular basal cell carcinoma at the lower eyelid margin, directly opposite a nodular intradermal nevus at the upper lid margin. Both patients had the nevi for decades and the tumors for 2 and 3 years, respectively. The size of the tumors were 9 x 4 mm and 10 x 15 mm. When the eyelids were closed, the nevus corresponded to the ulcerated tumor cavity in both cases. The lesions were excised, and the defects were repaired. It is well-established that chronic mechanical irritation can increase sensitivity to epidermal carcinogenesis. In the cases described here, it remains speculative whether nevus-related trauma on the opposite eyelid played a role in the development of basal cell carcinoma.