[Cryosurgery for nose basal cell carcinoma. Series of 17 tumors].
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignant tumour of the skin frequently located on the head and chiefly on the nose. Cryosurgery is one of the methods to treat BCC.


OBJECTIVE
To determine the efficacy of cryosurgery of 17 BCC of the nose in terms of recurrence rates and cosmetic results.


RESULTS
15 patients were included with a median age of 73 years and a photo type III or IV in 86% of cases. Mean size of tumours was 12 mm. Lesions were chiefly located on the alae nasi (70.5%). Complications were few and minor. After an average follow-up of 13.5 months, recurrence rate was about 5.8% (one case). Cosmetic results were good or excellent in 14 cases/17; only one patient had developed a notch of the nose.


CONCLUSIONS
Cryosurgery is a rapid, of a low cost technique and chiefly with good oncological and cosmetic results.
Zribi
Héla
H
Service de dermatologie--Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
Cherif
Faika
F
Zakraoui
Héla
H
Cheikhrouhou
Rym
R
Mokni
Mourad
M
Ben Osman Dhahri
Amel
A
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*