title: Giant basal cell carcinoma: improvement in the quality of life after extensive resection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukamizu
authors.forename: Katsuji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Teiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kora
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mineta
mesh_terms: 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