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Clinical Study

Histological and Clinical Features of Primary and Recurrent Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical and histological characteristics of primary and recurrent peri-ocular basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
Primary BCCRecurrent BCCP
N = 71N = 16
Age 7 0 ( ± 1 3 ) 6 8 ( ± 1 5 ) 0.7 (ns)
Duration(months) 2 9 ( ± 5 8 ) 5 2 ( ± 6 5 ) 0.2 (ns)
Time to surgery(months) 2 . 5 ( ± 4 . 8 ) 1 . 9 ( ± 1 . 8 ) 0.6 (ns)
Size(percentage) 3 6 ( ± 8 % ) 4 6 ( ± 1 5 % ) 0.009
Eyelid locationLower45 (63%)10 (62%)
Medial canthus8 (11%)5 (31%)0.2 (ns)
Upper11 (15%)1 (6%)
Lateral canthus7 (10%)0 (0%)
HistologyNodular63 (89%)12 (75%)
Baso-squamous2 (3%)0 (0%)0.1 (ns)
Morphea6 (8%)3 (19%)
Plexiform0 (0%)1 (6%)
Depth of invasionDermis32 (45%)5 (31%)
Orbicularis25 (35%)5 (31%)
Tarsus10 (14%)1 (6.2%)0.006
Conjunctiva3 (4.2%)2 (12.5%)
Orbit1 (1.4%)2 (12.5%)