title: Basal cell carcinoma arising in a bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination scar.
abstract: Cases of cutaneous neoplasms occurring on prior sites of trauma and scars are common. Vaccination scars are common sites of this phenomenon. We report a case of superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) occurring on a prior bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) site in a 59-year-old man. Any modification on a prior vaccination scar should prompt a skin biopsy to be performed to rule out a cutaneous malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Skin and Allergies Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. nicolaskluger@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kluger
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Monthieu
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guillot
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine