Basal cell carcinoma
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.