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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 145-147 |
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Sequential occurrence of basal cell carcinoma in symmetrically identical positions of both lower eyelids: A rare finding of a common skin cancer
Shanti Pandey1, Vimlesh Sharma1, GS Titiyal1, Vivekanand Satyawali2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust and Medical College, Kumaun University, Nainital -263 139, Uttarakhand, India
2 Department of Medicine, Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust and Medical College, Kumaun University, Nainital -263 139, Uttarakhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Shanti Pandey
Type 4, k-2, Medical College Campus, Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust, Medical College Campus, Haldwani, Nainital -263 139, Uttarakhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-620X.71895
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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer in white-skinned individuals but is rare in blacks and Indians. There are only few case reports about bilateral BCC of lower eyelids. Here we present a case of BCC appearing sequentially in symmetrically identical positions in both lower eyelids. The patient was a resident of high altitude and had worked out doors for seven to eight hours every day. Environmental and occupational parameters may have an important role to play in this context. There was no evidence of local invasion or distant metastasis. |
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