Periungual basal cell carcinoma: A case report with review of literature

• Main Authors: Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Sumit Sen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Dermatology
• Subjects: Azo dye; periungual; topical Imiquimod
• Online Access: http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=2;spage=220;epage=222;aulast=Bandyopadhyay

Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are considered to be uncommon around the nail plate. An indolent lesion of this region should arouse suspicion of potential malignancy and a skin biopsy should be undertaken without delay. Early diagnosis can enable the physician to render simpler nondestructive modalities of treatment. In this article, we describe such a case of longstanding BCC of this region mimicking a traumatic ulcer. The nature of the ailment was finally discovered on biopsy and the carcinoma was initially treated with topical Imiquimod.