PubMed · 15107750
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J Martel. 2004. [Mohs micrographical surgery].. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0151-9638(04)93595-8
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AIM: To study the feasibility of a modified fast-track protocol for periocular basal cell carcinoma (BCC). METHODS: A modified protocol was set up with an aim to examine all periocular BCCs within 6 weeks of referral to our oculoplastic clinic. An audit of this protocol was performed over a 2-year period. RESULTS: A total of 65 patients were referred as a 'possible BCC' over the 2-year period. In all, 32 of these patients were referred by dermatologists (49%), followed by fellow consultant ophthalmologists (20 patients, 31%) and general practitioners (11 patients, 17%). The clinical suspicion in the oculoplastic clinic agreed with the referral diagnosis in 71% (46 of the 65) of patients. This figure was particularly high for referrals from dermatologists (84%). In all, 44 out of the 46 'clinically suspected BCC' underwent surgical excision. Histopathology confirmed BCC in 39 of these 44 patients, a diagnostic accuracy of 89%. Among the subgroup of patients referred by the dermatologists, the largest source of referrals, 24 out of 30 patients that underwent surgical excision had histologically proven BCC; a diagnostic accuracy of 80%. CONCLUSION: Our study shows that the modified fast-track protocol for periocular BCCs is practical and feasible. Such a practice is highly desirable since it prevents a long wait for patients who are aware of a possible malignant periocular lesion.
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After an exeresis of a sebaceous hamartoma of retroauricular area, histologic examination showed a trichoblastoma mimicking a basal cell carcinoma. So we realized a retrospective study with histologic examination of 24 cases of basal cell carcinoma after hamartoma. On 24 cases, 19 were not basal cell carcinoma, but trichoblastoma. So the study goes in the same direction of the world literature: hamartoma have a minimal risk of basal cell carcinoma transformation. Exeresis is indicated because of the risk of evolution to a hypertrophic tumour.