Clinical Study
Six Years of Experience in Photodynamic Therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma: Results and Fluorescence Diagnosis from 191 Lesions
Table 1
Clinical caracteristics of the 191 lesions and their
values in the trunk-head distribution.
| | Location | Body 73 (38%)
Head 118 (62%) | Body () | Head
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| | Histological type | Superficial 87 (46%) | 50 (57%) | 37 (43%) | | | Nodular 49 (26%) | 7 (14%) | 42 (86%) | | Not specified 31 (16%) | 10 (32%) | 21 (68%) | | Infiltrating 22 (11%) | 6 (27%) | 16 (73%) | | Sclerosing 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) |
| | Size | Less than or equal to 1 cm: 60 (31%) | 5 (8%) | 55 (92%) | | | Between 1 and 2 cm: 99 (52%) | 45 (45%) | 54 (55%) | | Greater than or equal to 2 cm: 32 (17%) | 23 (72%) | 9 (28%) |
| | Fluorescence | Exact 99 (52%) | 65 (65%) | 34 (34%) | | | Excessive 79 (41%) | 4 (5%) | 75 (95%) | | Defective 13 (7%) | 4 (31%) | 9 (69%) |
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