title: Basal cell carcinoma of the external auditory meatus.
abstract: Five of a personal series of 47 patients with carcinoma of the middle and external ear had basal cell carcinoma. Two patients had extensive disease, one having petrosectomy and the other refusing. All treated patients did well.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis