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Basal Cell Carcinoma
Gorlin syndrome is a genetically determined disease in which there are multiple basal cell carcinomas with ‘pits’ on the palms of hands and soles of the feet and other systemic disorders such as jaw cysts, rib and vertebral abnormalities, among others.
The pits (circular punctate lesions of one or two mm) are presented in soles and palms. Are due to an alteration in the maturation of the cells that form this special skin (palmoplantar). In particular, result from the premature desquamation of keratin immature resulting from the delay in the maturation of epidermal basal cells. In some patients, at the base of the lesions detected small basal cell carcinomas.
You should never remove carcinomas with liquid nitrogen or any other system discussed previously. It should be a histologic diagnosis of carcinoma before treating. There are currently no invasive diagnostic methods (confocal microscope) to avoid taking a biopsy. The confocal microscope is a method for analyzing cells in situ on the patient, and non-invasive (no need for skin or stitches).
Types of Breast Cancer
Most tumors that occur in the breast are benign, not cancerous, and are due to fibrocystic formations. The cyst is a fluid-filled sac and fibrosis is an abnormal development of connective tissue. Fibrosis does not increase the risk of developing a tumor and does not require special treatment. The cysts, if large, can be painful. Removing the fluid with a needle usually take away the pain. The presence of one or more cysts does not favor the occurrence of malignant tumors.
Benign tumors are related mostly to genetic factors. Symptoms that occur are pain and inflammation but not spread to the rest of the body and are not dangerous. In malignant tumors, there are several types depending on the location of the breast where there is abnormal growth of cells and depending on their stage.
Tumors may be localized or have spread through the blood vessels or through lymph vessels, and have led to metastasize, a cancer in an organ distant to the original. Of all cases of breast cancer, only 7-10% of them start metastases.