[Large basal cell carcinoma of the external palpebral angle].
A clinicopathologic case of an 89-year-old female patient with a single cutaneous tumor at the outer part of the outer left eyelids is reported. It was a pink nodular mass, well circumscribed, exophytic and with thin vessels. After surgical removal, histopathology showed that the tumor was a typical basal cell carcinoma, with many cystic-like cavities. Basal cell carcinomas can be commonly observed on the eyelids and surgical excision of these small size lesions is an easy way to perform a curative treatment. As often in other tumors, early diagnosis is probably the easiest way to improve the prognosis.
D'Hermies
F
F
Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôtel Dieu, 1, place du parvis Notre-Dame, F-75181 Paris.
Morel
X
X
Meyer
A
A
Cohen
F B
FB
Halhal
M
M
Vu
T A
TA
Elmaleh
C
C
Renard
G
G
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans