Mutilating basal cell epithelioma.
A 49-year-old man was found to have a rare, mutilating basal cell epithelioma of the face. Conventional early therapy with surgery and radiotherapy did not halt the progress of the disease in a hospital environment. The patient died 12 years later.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged