title: Basal cell carcinoma of the scrotum.
abstract: An 80-year-old man with a 7 year history of a slowly enlarging, asymptomatic scrotal nodule is presented. He had a negative history for sexually transmitted disease, trauma to the area, radiotherapy and chemical or arsenic exposure. The lesion was excised with a margin of 0.8 cm of normal skin. Examination of the specimen revealed a basal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Río Hortega, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Esquivias Gómez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-López
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pozo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Villar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*