[Basal cell carcinoma of the foot. Is the pedoscope a risk factor?].
Basal cell carcinomas of the foot are absolutely rare. We describe the case of a 72-year-old female patient who developed a multicentric superficial BCC present on the lateral edge of the right foot. The patient remembers the regular control of the fit of footwear by an X-ray apparatus, the so-called shoe fluoroscope (=Pedoskop in Germany). Probably this may be a hardly estimated risk factor in the genesis of BCC of the foot.
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D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012775:Shoes; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology