Vulvar basal cell carcinoma: case report and review of literature
Keywords:
Basal cell carcinoma, vulvar neoplasms, vulva, skin neoplasms, urogenital neoplasmsAbstract
Background: Basal cell carcinoma is the malignant neoplasm most prevalent in the world; nevertheless, its location in vulva is infrequent.
Objective: To describe a case of basal cell carcinoma of the vulva from the Hospital Universitario de Santander.
Clinical case: Female patient 62 years old, with a lesion in mayor labia of 3 years of evolution. Physical examination revealed an ulcerated lesion of 2.5x1.2 cm, poorly delimited, with bleeding and necrosis. After skin ellipse excision, the pathological study recognized a basal cell carcinoma of vulva. The patient at the moment is asymptomatic without signs of recurrence of the disease.
Conclusions: Basal cell carcinoma of vulva is an infrequent cancer, uncommonly metastasizing but sometimes it’s locally aggressive. Its etiology is not completely known. Its clinical presentation is varied, which makes difficult an opportune diagnose. The election treatment is the surgical split with clean margins.
Author Biographies
Ernesto García
Grupo de Investigación en Patología Estructural, Funcional y Clínica de la Universidad Industrial de Santander.
Carlos Mario Rangel
Grupo de Investigación en Patología Estructural, Funcional y Clínica de la Universidad Industrial de Santander.
Sergio Andrés Torres
Grupo de Investigación en Patología Estructural, Funcional y Clínica de la Universidad Industrial de Santander.
Julio Alexander Díaz
Grupo de Investigación en Patología Estructural, Funcional y Clínica de la Universidad Industrial de Santander.
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