title: Extensive and fatal basal cell carcinoma: a report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with extensive invasion are described. The first two patients had meningeal and cerebral involvement with exposure of their dural meninges following full thickness skull erosion. The third patient had bilateral orbital and optic nerve involvement resulting in complete blindness. All three patients subsequently died from their disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hull Royal Infirmary, U.K.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keczkes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*