Head and neck cutaneous basal cell carcinoma: A challenging entity of ENT surgeons

Aikaterini D Lianou 1, *, Athina Zarachi 1, Konstantinos Tsimos 2, Alkistis Tsikou 1, Konstantina Mparka 1 and Ioannis Kastanioudakis 1

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
2 Department of Cardiology, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
 
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International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2022, 05(01), 140–142.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2022.5.1.0033
Publication history: 
Received on 17 January 2022; revised on 24 February 2022; accepted on 26 February 2022
 
Abstract: 
Otorhinolaryngology head and neck (ENT) surgeons are often challenged in their daily practice with patients presenting cutaneous cancer. Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (cBCC) is the most common cancer diagnosed in human population, with 80% occurring in the head and the neck. We present the case of a 56-year-old male patient with an extensive lesion on the right zygomatic area that examined in the outpatient ENT Department of our hospital. A surgical excision of the lesion was performed, under local anesthesia and then we used a superficial based neck flap to reconstruct the defect. The final postoperative result was satisfactory. The histological examination revealed a basal cell carcinoma.
 
Keywords: 
Neck flap; Skin lesion; Basal cell carcinoma; Reconstruction
 
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