BASAL CELL CARCINOMA OF AXILLA: A VERY RARE PRESENTATION

Authors

  • Zia Ud din Afridi Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Mubashra Ahmad Khan Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Riaz Ahmad Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Hamad Zameer Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Fakhr e Alam Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar - Pakistan

Keywords:

Skin malignancy, Basal cell carcinoma, unusual sites, axilla

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin malignancy. It is usually found on the sun exposed parts of
the body but it may sometimes appear on the unusual and covered parts of the body. The axilla being one of the rarest
sites. Of the very limited number of BCC axilla so far reported, most were in the Caucasian and only a few in Asians.
Complete surgical excision is the best form of treatment and recurrence is uncommon.

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2018-04-14

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Afridi, Z. U. din, Khan, M. A., Ahmad, R., Zameer, H., & Alam, F. e. (2018). BASAL CELL CARCINOMA OF AXILLA: A VERY RARE PRESENTATION. Journal of Medical Sciences, 26(1), 77–78. Retrieved from https://jmedsci.com/Jmedsci/article/view/498

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