Ocular basal cell carcinoma: a brief literature review of clinical diagnosis and treatment

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Table 1 Treatment option for periocular BCC

Treatment option	Indication
MMS	The best choice of removing BCC on the eyelid
Exenteration	Bulbar or extensive orbital invasion
Radiotherapy	Combined with, when margins are not clear, or followed by, exenteration of high-risk histological subtype (morphoeic/infiltrative, micronodular or basosquamous) with perineural invasion
Vismodegib	An adjuvant therapy of periocular and orbital BCC for patients who cannot tolerate surgery or radiotherapy, or with relapsed locally advanced disease after surgery or metastatic disease
IMQ	A topical immunotherapy for periocular BCC, especially periocular nodular BCC

Abbreviations: BCC, basal cell carcinoma; MMS, Mohs micrographic surgery; IMQ, imiquimod.

Figure 1 A patient with BCC on the left lower lid.

Notes: (A) The appearance of the tumor before surgery. (B) One day after MMS surgery and reconstruction with a flap of upper lid. (C) Three months after surgery. Written informed consent for publication of photographs was obtained from the patient.
Abbreviations: BCC, basal cell carcinoma; MMS, Mohs micrographic surgery.