Giant basal cell carcinoma: improvement in the quality of life after extensive resection.
We describe a rare case of giant basal cell carcinoma which invaded the orbital tissue and the anterior skull base. Though the eyeball in the right orbit was preserved with the tumour at the patient's request, the improvement in the quality of the patient's life was achieved.
Takemoto
Satoru
S
Division of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Fukamizu
Hidekazu
H
Yamanaka
Katsuji
K
Nakayama
Teiji
T
Kora
Yukiko
Y
Mineta
Hiroyuki
H
D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011788:Quality of Life; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures