Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report

Introduction Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignant skin tumor, accounting for 90% of cases. The most important risk factors include age, male sex, skin phototypes I and II, frequent exposure to the sun, sunburn and positive family history of other skin tumors. More than 75% of basal cell...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michalina Gałuszka, Dorota Pojda-Wilczek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2024-10-01
Series:Okulistyka
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.ophthalmologypoland.com.pl/Long-term-Complications-and-Treatment-after-Excision-of-Periocular-Basal-Cell-Carcinoma,193826,0,2.html
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832589518586249216
author Michalina Gałuszka
Dorota Pojda-Wilczek
author_facet Michalina Gałuszka
Dorota Pojda-Wilczek
author_sort Michalina Gałuszka
collection DOAJ
description Introduction Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignant skin tumor, accounting for 90% of cases. The most important risk factors include age, male sex, skin phototypes I and II, frequent exposure to the sun, sunburn and positive family history of other skin tumors. More than 75% of basal cell carcinomas occur in the head and neck region. About 20% appear in the periocular region. Case report A 76-year-old male patient was referred to the Ophthalmology Clinic due to keratopathy of the right eye as a result of postoperative eyelid regurgitation. Eleven years earlier, the patient had undergone surgical excision of basal cell carcinoma in the right temporal region, which resulted in eyelid regurgitation. Anterior segment examination of the right eye revealed symblepharon, eyelid regurgitation, limited mobility and keratopathy. The patient underwent surgery, during which symblepharon lysis, reconstruction of the conjunctival sac with a lower lip mucosa free graft and upper eyelid plasty with a skin graft from the right eyelid were performed. There were no postoperative complications. The mucosal graft healed properly and the patient was able to close his right eyelids. The patient was closely monitored in the clinic for 8 years after the procedure; the local condition of the right eye remained stable. Conclusions Reconstruction of the eyelids and ocular surface using lip mucosal and skin grafts provides an effective method of eyelid regurgitation and symblepharon treatment, preserving the function of the eyelids and protecting the ocular surface.
format Article
id doaj-art-07e1fc4458a648dd91f276ffe15bf7b4
institution Kabale University
issn 1505-2753
1689-362X
language English
publishDate 2024-10-01
publisher Termedia Publishing House
record_format Article
series Okulistyka
spelling doaj-art-07e1fc4458a648dd91f276ffe15bf7b42025-01-24T12:41:29ZengTermedia Publishing HouseOkulistyka1505-27531689-362X2024-10-012735710.5114/oku/193826193826Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case ReportMichalina Gałuszka0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-0685Dorota Pojda-Wilczek1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Head: Professor Dorota Wyględowska-Promieńska, MD, PhDDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Head: Professor Dorota Wyględowska-Promieńska, MD, PhDIntroduction Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignant skin tumor, accounting for 90% of cases. The most important risk factors include age, male sex, skin phototypes I and II, frequent exposure to the sun, sunburn and positive family history of other skin tumors. More than 75% of basal cell carcinomas occur in the head and neck region. About 20% appear in the periocular region. Case report A 76-year-old male patient was referred to the Ophthalmology Clinic due to keratopathy of the right eye as a result of postoperative eyelid regurgitation. Eleven years earlier, the patient had undergone surgical excision of basal cell carcinoma in the right temporal region, which resulted in eyelid regurgitation. Anterior segment examination of the right eye revealed symblepharon, eyelid regurgitation, limited mobility and keratopathy. The patient underwent surgery, during which symblepharon lysis, reconstruction of the conjunctival sac with a lower lip mucosa free graft and upper eyelid plasty with a skin graft from the right eyelid were performed. There were no postoperative complications. The mucosal graft healed properly and the patient was able to close his right eyelids. The patient was closely monitored in the clinic for 8 years after the procedure; the local condition of the right eye remained stable. Conclusions Reconstruction of the eyelids and ocular surface using lip mucosal and skin grafts provides an effective method of eyelid regurgitation and symblepharon treatment, preserving the function of the eyelids and protecting the ocular surface.https://www.ophthalmologypoland.com.pl/Long-term-Complications-and-Treatment-after-Excision-of-Periocular-Basal-Cell-Carcinoma,193826,0,2.htmlbasal cell carcinomabccblepharoplastykeratopathysymblepharon
spellingShingle Michalina Gałuszka
Dorota Pojda-Wilczek
Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report
Okulistyka
basal cell carcinoma
bcc
blepharoplasty
keratopathy
symblepharon
title Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report
title_full Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report
title_fullStr Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report
title_short Long-term Complications and Treatment after Excision of Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma – Case Report
title_sort long term complications and treatment after excision of periocular basal cell carcinoma case report
topic basal cell carcinoma
bcc
blepharoplasty
keratopathy
symblepharon
url https://www.ophthalmologypoland.com.pl/Long-term-Complications-and-Treatment-after-Excision-of-Periocular-Basal-Cell-Carcinoma,193826,0,2.html
work_keys_str_mv AT michalinagałuszka longtermcomplicationsandtreatmentafterexcisionofperiocularbasalcellcarcinomacasereport
AT dorotapojdawilczek longtermcomplicationsandtreatmentafterexcisionofperiocularbasalcellcarcinomacasereport