title: Site-specific inheritance of basal cell carcinoma.
abstract: We report a 21-year-old white woman who developed a large basal cell carcinoma (BCC) on her left upper vermilion border. Her mother and maternal grandmother both had a history of BCCs occurring in the same location. No documented BCC-related genetic disorder was suspected. Our case supports a theory of site-specific inheritance of nonmelanoma skin cancer, which should be further explored.
authors.affiliation: Jacksonville University, Florida, USA. pstoner24@gmail.com
authors.forename: Patrick Lee
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Stoner
authors.forename: Mary Floyd
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Barber
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult