Superficial basal cell carcinoma treated with 70% trichloroacetic acid applied topically: a case study

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer, affecting millions of people worldwide. The treatment concept for BCCs is the surgical one, but it is costly, as such, searching for alternative medical therapeutics is justified. To highlight the efficacy of high concentration (70%)...

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Published in:Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2017-01, Vol.10, p.67-69
Main Authors: Chiriac, Anca, Brzezinski, Piotr, Moldovan, Cosmin, Podoleanu, Cristian, Coros, Marius Florin, Stolnicu, Simona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Acne
Basal cell carcinoma
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case reports
Cosmetics
Cryotherapy
Dermatology
Development and progression
Health aspects
Lasers
Patients
Pharmacy
Scars
Skin cancer
Surgery
therapy
Trichloroacetic acid
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Summary:Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer, affecting millions of people worldwide. The treatment concept for BCCs is the surgical one, but it is costly, as such, searching for alternative medical therapeutics is justified. To highlight the efficacy of high concentration (70%) trichloroacetic acid (TCA) as a choice therapy for low-risk BCC. Authors present, for the first time, the use of a high concentration TCA applied once a week for 2 consecutive weeks with a toothpick, on a patient with BCC on the right preauricular area. On examination 4 weeks later, the lesion was not clinically and dermatoscopically evidenced. High concentration TCA could be an effective and safe, non-invasive choice of therapy for low-risk BCC, easy to perform, not expensive, with good cosmetic results, especially for patients who are not likely to undergo invasive or expensive treatments.
ISSN:1178-7015
1178-7015
DOI:10.2147/CCID.S127040