title: The "disappearance" of residual basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
abstract: Three patients with histological evidence of incompletely removed basal cell carcinoma underwent reexcision; no residual tumor was found. Other reports of this phenomenon are discussed and some speculative explanations are offered.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*