title: Infiltrating basal cell carcinoma of the neck 34 years after irradiation of an haemangioma in early childhood. A case-report.
abstract: A case of a 34-year-old Caucasian male is presented with a basal cell carcinoma deeply infiltrating the structures of the neck, including skeletal muscles and reaching the parotid gland. Radical surgical removal under meticulous histological control was performed. 18 months postoperatively, the patient is still free of recurrence. Thirty years ago the patient had undergone radiotherapy for an infantile haemangioma of the skin of the neck. The effects of this treatment when given in childhood in the aetiology of a basal cell carcinoma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Heidelberg University, Germany. georg.eggers@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eggers
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flechtenmacher
authors.forename: Hjalmar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurzen
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hassfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013997:Time Factors