title: Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Patient With Brooke-Spiegler Syndrome.
abstract: A 46-year-old woman was diagnosed with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BSS) with lesions on her head, predominantly on the center of her face, auricles, and scalp. The facial lesions were polymorphic, pale, confluent, skin-colored, and papular, whereas the scalpel lesions appeared as erythematous and violet lumps that varied in size (Figure 1A, B).
authors: Dermatopathology Department, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico; elisavega50@gmail.com.
authors: María Elisa
authors: ME
authors: Vega-Memije
authors: Hospital Juárez Centro, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors: Leticia
authors: L
authors: Boeta-Ángeles
authors: Dermatopathology Department, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors: Juan Carlos
authors: JC
authors: Cuevas-González
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*