Introduction: Basal cell carcinoma is the most common non-melanoma malignancy in humans.Its superficial variant has specificities that can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of patients with superficial basal cell carcinoma (SBCC) treated at a reference service and to correlate, statistically, clinical, dermoscopic, and anatomopathological characteristics.
Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study conducted by collecting data from patients with suspected SBCC between November 2019 MAG W K and October 2020.Results: In total, we confirmed 25 lesions as SBCC.They were more frequent in women, in the head and neck, and with a diameter of less than 1 cm.
We also observed, in clinical characteristics, a predominance of individuals over 60 years old and with phototypes II and III.The anatomopathological examination observed some pigmentation in the lesions evaluated and a predominance of intra-epidermal keratinocytes in lesions with maple leaf-like areas in dermoscopy.Conclusions: SBCC can present clinically as a pigmented lesion, affecting more the head and neck regions.
Lighter skin phototypes are more likely to have SBCC with Lip Kit pigmented dermoscopic structures.Intra-epidermal keratinocytes possibly correlate with the formation of maple leaf structures.