Ophthalmology Commons^™

Clinical Features, Pathology, And Surgical Management Of Periocular Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma, Oxana Madalina Grosu, Vladimir Poroch, Natalia Velenciuc, Sorinel Lunca

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Objectives. Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are malignant tumors which rarely metastasize, are slow-growing, and extensively locally destructive. BCCs more than 5 cm in diameter are defined as giant. Most often they arise as a result of neglect, as the patient avoids, delays, or refuses to see a doctor. The large tumor diameter and consequently of the post-excisional defect make these lesions difficult to treat surgically with respect to selecting the surgical reconstruction technique. Method. We studied a group of 9 patients, aged 60 to 85 years, diagnosed with giant basal cell carcinomas (GBCCs) with periocular location in which surgery was …