[Epidemiological characteristic of basocellular skin epitheliomas treated at the Department of Dermatovenereal Diseases in Novi Sad]. / Epidemioloske karakteristike bazocelularnih epitelioma koze.

The authors review some of the epidemiological characteristics of epithelioma basocellulare (EB) of the skin, showing the incidence of 2.39% of the cases treated for EB of the skin from 1984 to 1990, derived from the total of 61,384 initial examinations carried out in this period at the Department of Dermatovenereal Diseases in Novi Sad. The mean age of the patients was 64.42, the male-female ratio was slightly in favor of the females, 1:1.25. As for localization, EB of the skin were most frequently found on the face, head and neck (87.16%). Regarding occupation of the patients on the top were retired people (47.17%) and agricultural workers (33.02%) and regarding the place of living, most were found in the rural population (68.07). The mean time the treated patients came for a check-up was 1.26 year after the onset of the tumor. Relapses were found in 18 cases (1.23%). The mean time of their occurrence after the rtg therapy was 1.9 year. Familial predisposition for skin tumors was detected in 232 cases (15.79%).