Basal cell carcinoma developing on a burn scar.
Basal cell carcinoma occurring on a burn scar is quite care. However, when it does occur, it is usually seen on sites exposed to the sun or on sites with embryological closure lines. A case of basal cell carcinoma which developed on a burn scar on the trunk is described. The injury was from a flame burn which occurred more than 50 years ago. No mechanical irritation had occurred on the lesion since then.
Koga
Y
Y
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Sawada
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery