Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Basal Cell Carcinoma in Iraq: An Observational Study

Firas Fakhir Altameemi

Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Alsadr teaching hospital, Basra, Iraq; Email: uday_sajad@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Objective: The study aimed to detect the association between demographical, clinical, and pathological characteristics of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) in Iraq. Methods: An observational study was conducted from June 2019 to June 2020. A total of 233 lesions on the skin belonging to 200 patients who were suspected to have BCC by clinical examination in Misan Radiation Oncology Center. A histopathological examination was done for each excisional biopsies. Results: There were no significant differences between the gender, and smoking with BCC prevalence, whereas statistical differences were observed regard residency, and work. The nodular type was more common clinical types at 57%. The sensitivity of using dermatoscopic in the examination of BCC was much higher than that of clinical diagnosis (97.6% vs 93.9%), thus it had high accuracy (90.1% vs 76.8%). Conclusions: Dermatoscopical examination proved to be more sensitive and accurate than clinical examination in the diagnosis of BCC. Males are more evident to develop BCC than females.

Keywords: Basal Cell Carcinoma, Histopathology, Radiation Oncology, Sun exposure

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 3918-3922

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