Mixed cranial neuropathies due to occult perineural invasion of basal cell carcinoma
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[Management of basal cell carcinoma with perineural invasion].
The presence of perineural invasion in skin tumors constitutes a major risk factor for local recurrence.1-3 Perineural invasion is not a common finding in basal cell carcinomas, with an estimated incidence that, depending on the series, varies between 0.17%2 and 3.8%.4 The frequency is higher in more aggressive histological subtypes and in recurrent tumors.1,2,4,5 The patient was a 69-year-old ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2451-9936
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.12.018