Case Report
The Importance of Preoperative Dermoscopy in Basal Cell Carcinoma Due to a Case of Nodular Cystic BCC
1Department of Dermatology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
J Clin Pract Res 2019; 41(4): 453-455 DOI: 10.14744/etd.2019.48992
Abstract
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most widespread malignancy among all malignancies. It constitutes 65%–80% of non-melanoma skin malignancies. Although there is no universally accepted classification for BCC, there are at least 26 different defined subtypes, which can all be very difficult to recognize. The best-known variants of BCC are nodular, superficial, morpheaform, and infiltrative types. In this report, we describe a patient who was referred for surgery with the diagnosis of cystic BCC by preoperative dermoscopy. Herein, we present a rare form of nodular cystic BCC due to its importance in improving the knowledge of dermoscopy and surgery.
Keywords: Skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, dermoscopy, non-melanoma skin cancer.