Basal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as a Perianal Ulcer and Treated with Radiotherapy

212 Ann Dermatol Received November 29, 2013, Revised April 22, 2014, Accepted for publication May 7, 2014 Corresponding author: Sue Kyung Kim, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University Hospital, 164 WorldCup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-380, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. results as those in healthy people, and the significantly higher ANA frequency in women with PHL was also similar to that in healthy people. However, ANA positivity in PHL patients did not increase with age as it does in healthy people. We suggest that the formation of ANA might result from skin immune homeostasis in PHL. The significance of ANA positivity and quantitative analysis of ANA should be performed in alopecia patients in the future.