Case Report

Giant basal cell carcinoma of the face

Abstract

This case report describes a 59-year-old woman with a giant basal cell carcinoma on the face neglected for 11 years. Surgical resection of the lesion resulted in a 13 × 11 cm defect. Issues regarding the adequately safe surgical margins and the management of the resultant defect through modern wound dressing technologiesare discussed.

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Keywords
Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma Modern Dressing Gel Dressing Silver Dressing Safe Margin
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Bayat M, Abbasi AJ, Garajei A, Ahmadi N. Giant basal cell carcinoma of the face. J Craniomaxillofac Res. 2016;1(1-2):28-29.