Abstract
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a rare disease in the pediatric population that usually presents in children with predisposing genetic conditions. It is often diagnosed on final pathology of an excisional biopsy, and the treatment may be delayed in younger populations because of a physician's low index of suspicion. Increased knowledge of BCC by pediatric caregivers would expedite definitive therapy for childhood BCC as well as any necessary evaluation by subspecialists for predisposing syndromes. We report 3 cases of BCC in pediatric patients and review the literature concerning BCC in children.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2277-2280 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of pediatric surgery |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Cancer
- Children
- Pediatric
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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Efron, P. A., Chen, M. K., Glavin, F. L., Kays, D. W., & Beierle, E. A. (2008). Pediatric basal cell carcinoma: case reports and literature review. Journal of pediatric surgery, 43(12), 2277-2280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.035