Basal cell carcinoma

Patient presentation

Diagnostic Tips

• Slow growing over months to years
• History of non-healing and bleeding
• Majority occur on head and neck but any part of body can be affected
• Skin coloured with pearly rolled edge (stretching the skin can often accentuate the pearly edges)
• Central crust or erosion
• Less common variants include pigmented and morphoeic

Referral Tips

• Soon referral (note this is not available as an option on SCI referral template so routine will be upgraded or urgent downgraded)
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• Please photograph lesion