Giant perianal basal cell carcinoma: An uncommon localization: Case report

Abstract

Although basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cutaneous malignancy, it develops in the perianal region in only 1% of patients. However, BCC seems to be much more aggressive when it develops in the perianal and genital regions compared to other parts of the body. A 50-year-old female patient was admitted to the outpatient clinic with a wound in the perianal region that had been growing for 2 years and recently began bleeding. Biopsies taken from the lesion were consistent with BCC upon histopathological examination. Herein we emphasized that BCC can develop in regions that are not exposed to sunlight, such as perianal region, although sunlight exposure is the main etiologic factor for BCC. We discussed in the light of the literature that the disease can be cured with the appropriate treatment at the early stage of disease and the quality of life can be improved. © 2012 by Türkiye Klinikleri.