11 April 2011

Recurrent BCC

Age: 68 years
Gender: Male
Site: Scalp
Duration: Recurrent (Decades)
History: At 1950s the patient was treated with radiation therapy for favus (the treatment available for tinea capitis at that time). Many decades later (1990s) he developed BCC on his atrophic scalp. This time it was treated with surgical excision. Three years later it recurred and treated with an unwise decision with radiation therapy (10 sessions ). Now he presented with a large pigmented plaque having slightly raised border.