title: [Differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma of the face: Dermatologist advice may avoid surgery].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer in France. It is commonly diagnosed in front of a papule or nodule of the face. The surgeon should be able to question the diagnosis of BCC when nodular lesions are untypical, keeping in mind that some differential diagnoses require only medical treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors successively describe three non infectious entities mimicking BCC of the face, requiring purely medical treatment: facial granuloma described by Lever, cutaneous pseudolymphoma, sarcoidosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In front of a non-typical skin nodule CBC, a dermatological expert advice may be quite helpful. The value of this collaboration is to guide or otherwise to suspend surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille université, 13916 Marseille, France; Service de dermatologie, hôpital Nord, AP-HM, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Combes
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille université, IFSTTAR, LBA UMR_T 24, 13916 Marseille, France; Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, hôpital Nord, AP-HM, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France. Electronic address: jeanmarc.foletti@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Foletti
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille université, 13916 Marseille, France; Service d'anatomopathologie, hôpital Nord, AP-HM, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villeret
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille université, 13916 Marseille, France; Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, hôpital Nord, AP-HM, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guyot
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille université, 13916 Marseille, France; Service de dermatologie, hôpital Nord, AP-HM, 13915 Marseille cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berbis
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000072085:Dermatologists; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Basal cell carcinoma; Carcinome basocellulaire; Diagnostic différentiel; Differential diagnosis; Examen clinique; Physical examination