Open AccessBasal Cell Carcinoma of the Nipple‐areola Complex: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Huang ChingWen,
Pan ChingKuen,
Juan ChungChou,
Ker ChenGuo,
Shih TengFu,
Tsai ChengChien
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70155-x
Subject(s) - medicine , areola , lymph , basal cell carcinoma , mastectomy , axillary lymph node dissection , metastasis , sentinel lymph node , lymph node , basal cell , dissection (medical) , surgery , axillary lymph nodes , wide local excision , breast carcinoma , carcinoma , axillary dissection , breast cancer , cancer , pathology
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the nipple‐areola complex is very rare. Only 24 cases were reported in the literature and 17 (70.8%) of these cases arose in men. Most of the cases were treated with simple excision. We report on a case of BCC of the nipple‐areola complex in a 46‐year‐old woman, treated with partial mastectomy. Metastasis to the axillary lymph nodes had been noted in 3 (12.5%) of the 24 reported cases of BCC of the nipple‐areola complex. Thus, we applied the concept of the sentinel lymph node to detect possible metastases of axillary lymph nodes, letting us avoid the unnecessary axillary lymph node dissection and possible future morbidity.