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Skin Cancer: Basal Cell Carcinoma: Multimedia
Updated: Dec 11, 2006
Multimedia
 | Media file 1: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. A 68-year-old patient presenting with an advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the right periorbital region (frontal view). |
 | Media file 2: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Lateral view of face showing extent of tumor. |
 | Media file 3: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Intraoperative view outlining the extent of resection (lateral view). The surgical resection consisted of zygomatic bone and the lateral orbit. The eye was spared. |
 | Media file 4: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Intraoperative view showing the extent of resection (inferior view). |
 | Media file 5: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. The surgical defect was reconstructed using a sensate osteocutaneous radial forearm free flap. The osteotomized radial form was used to reconstruct the zygomatic bone and the lateral orbital rim. To provide sensation to the flap, the antebrachial cutaneous nerve was anastomosed to branches of the trigeminal nerve. |
 | Media file 6: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Nodular basal cell carcinoma. Nodular aggregates of basalioma cells are present in the dermis and exhibit peripheral palisading (PP) and retraction artifact (RA). Melanin is also present within the tumor and in the surrounding stroma, as seen in pigmented basal cell carcinoma. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 7: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Scale, erythema, and a threadlike raised border are present in this superficial basal cell carcinoma on the trunk. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 8: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Larger superficial basal cell carcinoma. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 9: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Histology of superficial basal cell carcinoma. Nests of basaloid cells are seen budding from the undersurface of the epidermis. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 10: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Pigmented basal cell carcinoma has features of nodular basal cell carcinoma with the addition of darker pigmentation from melanin deposition. The pigmentation often has the appearance of dark droplets within the lesion, as seen in this picture. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 11: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. This infiltrating basal cell cancer has ill-defined borders and telangiectases. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 12: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Postoperative wound after Mohs micrographic surgery demonstrates extensive subclinical involvement typical of many infiltrating and morpheaform basal cell carcinomas. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
 | Media file 13: Basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Large scarlike morpheaform basal cell cancer. Image courtesy Michael L. Ramsey, MD. |
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Keywords
basal cell carcinoma of the skin, BCC, basal cell epithelioma, rodent ulcer, squamous cell carcinoma, SCC, nodular basal cell carcinoma, noduloulcerative basal cell carcinoma, morpheaform basal cell carcinoma, sclerosing basal cell carcinoma, superficial basal cell carcinoma, basosquamous carcinoma, basisquamous carcinoma, basal squamous cell carcinoma, skin BCC
