Not what you’d expect: Basal cell carcinoma developing in a burn scar!

Authors

  • Jayati Batra Department of Dermatology, Mata Kaushalya Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India
  • Sukhmani Brar Chandigarh, India
  • Balvinder Brar Department of Dermatology, GGS Medical Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India
  • Sharang Gupta Department of Dermatology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66344/jpad.34.4.2024.2639

Keywords:

Basal cell carcinoma, Burn

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma is the most common cutaneous cancer, mostly occurring on the photo exposed areas like head and neck. However, most of the times when a scar of an old burn undergoes malignant degeneration, the developing malignancy is expected to be of the Squamous cell carcinoma type. Here we report a rare case of a 55-year-old female who developed a basal cell carcinoma in an old atrophic burn scar.

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Published

2024-10-11

How to Cite

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Jayati Batra, Sukhmani Brar, Balvinder Brar, Sharang Gupta. Not what you’d expect: Basal cell carcinoma developing in a burn scar!. J Pak Assoc Dermatol [Internet]. 2024Oct.11 [cited 2026Apr.22];34(4):1128-30. Available from: https://www.jpad.com.pk/index.php/jpad/article/view/2639

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 4 (2024): October-December

Section

Case Reports

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