Basal Cell Carcinoma


D efinition —An uncommon, nonmetastasizing (usually!) but locally destructive carcinoma of basal keratinocytes with characteristic peripheral nuclear palisading.

Clinical Features

Epidemiology

  • Rare.

  • Not human papillomavirus (HPV) associated.

  • Elderly women in their 70s and 80s.

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