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Basal cell carcinoma
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Background
- Most common skin malignancy
- Rarely a metastatic process
Clinical Features
- Slow growing
- Usually head and neck
- Only where hair follicles exist
- Pearly, rolled border
- Central ulceration
Differential Diagnosis
Rash
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
- Allergic reaction
- Aphthous stomatitis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Cellulitis
- Chickenpox
- Chikungunya
- Coxsackie
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Drug rash
- DRESS syndrome
- Erysipelas
- Erythema multiforme
- Exfoliative erythroderma
- Henoch-schonlein purpura
- Hives
- Impetigo
- Measles
- Miliaria (Heat Rash)
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Pellagra
- Petechiae & Purpura
- Poison Oak, Ivy, Sumac
- Psoriasis
- Pityriasis rosea
- Scabies
- Seborrheic dermatitis
- Serum Sickness
- Smallpox
- Shingles
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis
- Tinea capitus
- Tinea corporis
- Vitiligo
Evaluation
Management
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
Authors
Kevin Lu, Amr Badawy, Ross Donaldson, Daniel Ostermayer, Neil Young
