GIANT BASAL CELL CARCINOMA: IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER EXTENSIVE RESECTION

Satoru Takemoto Division of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Hamamatsu Medical Center Hamamatsu Japan

Hidekazu Fukamizu Division of Dermatology Hamamatsu Medical Center Hamamatsu Japan

Katsuji Yamanaka Division of Neurosurgery Hamamatsu Medical Center Hamamatsu Japan

Teiji Nakayama Division of Ophthalmology Hamamatsu Medical Center Hamamatsu Japan

Yukiko Kora Department of Otolaryngology Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Hamamatsu Japan

Hiroyuki Mineta Division of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Hamamatsu Medical Center Hamamatsu Japan

Abstract

We describe a rare case of giant basal cell carcinoma which invaded the orbital tissue and the anterior skull base. Though the eyeball in the right orbit was preserved with the tumour at the patient's request, the improvement in the quality of the patient's life was achieved.

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