Extensive and fatal basal cell carcinoma: a report of three cases

Br J Dermatol. 1992 Aug;127(2):164-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb08050.x.

Abstract

Three cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with extensive invasion are described. The first two patients had meningeal and cerebral involvement with exposure of their dural meninges following full thickness skull erosion. The third patient had bilateral orbital and optic nerve involvement resulting in complete blindness. All three patients subsequently died from their disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*