title: Lip reconstruction following resection for an unusual basal-cell carcinoma.
abstract: Basal-cell carcinoma most commonly occurs in men in the fifth to seventh decades of life. The area of the lesion is usually one that has frequent exposure to the sun: the middle third of the face and upper lip. An unusual case of basal-cell carcinoma occurring on the lower lip and involving the commissure in a 21-year-old woman is presented. The surgical procedures for resection of the tumor and reconstruction of the commissure are described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States