ABSTRACT
Basal cell carcinoma is the most commonly diagnosed malignant skin tumor. It is found most frequently on sun-exposed skin. There is a higher incidence of basal cell carcinoma in white skin than in black skin. We report the thirteenth case of basal cell carcinoma on the penis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported such case in a black patient.
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Black People , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/pathology , Penile Neoplasms/pathology , Skin Neoplasms/pathology , Aged , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/epidemiology , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/surgery , Humans , Male , Penile Neoplasms/epidemiology , Penile Neoplasms/surgery , Skin Neoplasms/epidemiology , Skin Neoplasms/surgeryABSTRACT
We describe clinical and immunofluorescence findings of a patient with Brunsting-Perry-type cicatricial pemphigoid. Direct immunofluorescence showed tissue-fixed basement membrane zone antibodies similar to those characteristic of bullous pemphigoid. Circulating antibodies to the basement membrane zone were not found. Brunsting-Perry-type cicatricial pemphigoid probably represents a clinical variation midway in the cicatricial pemphigoid-bullous pemphigoid spectrum of disease. Management with intralesional corticosteroids was successful in controlling the skin lesions.
