The clinical and histopathological analysis was done on 28 cases of basal cell epithelioma encountered in the Department )f Dermatology, Ewha Womans University Hospital during the past 7 1 / 2 years´i period from January 1976 to June 1983.
The results obtained were summarized as follows:
1) Of 28 patients, 15 cases were male and 13 cases were female with ratio of 1.16:1.
2) Average age was 53.5 years ranging from 15 to 90 years with the highest incidence rate in the age group 6069 years.
3) Three cases of basal cell epithelioma in the young age group developed from xeroderma pigmentosum.
4) The average duration of disease was 7.5 years ranging from 1 to 20years.
5) Twenty seven cases( 96.4 o/a occured on face comprising 11 cases on nose, 8 cases on lower eyelid, 3 cases on cheek, each 1 case on forehead, eyebrow, ´upper lip, angle of mouth and mandible, and remaining 1 case occuredon back.
6) The most common noduloulcerative lesion was observed in 16 cases(57.1
and then pigmented lesion in 7 cases(25.0 %),and sclerosing in 5 cases :(17.9%)-
7) In histopathologic examination, solid type was observed in 7 cases( 25.0 a/o), and then followed by (in order)adenoid type and sclerosing type 6 cases (21.4%) respectively, mixed type 5 cases( 17.9%) and keratotic type -4 cases (14.
3%)
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