Pediatric basal cell carcinoma: case reports and literature review

Philip A. Efron; Mike K. Chen; Frederick L. Glavin; David W. Kays; Elizabeth A. Beierle

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.035

Pediatric basal cell carcinoma: case reports and literature review

Philip A. Efron, Mike K. Chen, Frederick L. Glavin, David W. Kays, Elizabeth A. Beierle

All Children's Hospital

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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	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.035
State	Published - Dec 2008

Keywords

Basal cell carcinoma
Cancer
Children
Pediatric

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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