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Timothy J. Riordan, M.D.; Wilbert Sachs, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(5):564-567.

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Previously Recurrent Basal-Cell Epithelioma, Showing Result One Year After Treatment with X-Rays. Presented by DR. ANTHONY C. CIPOLLARO, for DR. WILLIAM BURROUGHS.

Duration: 3 years.

Location: Right nasolabial fold.

Patient: Man, aged 69.

History: This patient is presented to show the results of treatment. He was presented last year with a large ulcerating epithelioma that had been treated with x-rays, and at that time the skin reaction due to the x-rays was at its height. Some of the discussers were dubious of the efficacy of x-ray therapy in a case of this type.

The patient was first seen in our clinic in October, 1954, with a deep, oval-shaped 2x3 cm. ulceration having raised infiltrated borders. The lesion had been treated elsewhere on two occasions by electrodesiccation, each time being followed by a recurrence.

A biopsy was done, and x-ray treatment was given (see details below).

Examination: There remains a well-formed, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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