Dermatology
Actinic Kereatoses / Basal and Squamous Cancer
Review
Basal cell carcinoma
John L. Bezzant, M.D.
A white plaque on sunlight exposed skin in an elderly individual could mean basal cell carcinoma. It should be biopsied, as was done on the lip of this elderly woman. Mohs surgery, and not standard surgery, is the treatment of choice for this.