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Introduction: Rhinophyma is a relatively rare form of rosacea, while basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent skin cancer in humans - both diseases prevail in the elderly. Aim: To analyse patients with rhinophyma treated surgically in the Dermatosurgery Unit and look for possible cases with BCC within the rhinophyma. Material and methods: We performed a retrospective review of all treated rhinophymas in the Dermatosurgery Unit in 2004-2019. Results: Among 140 rhinophyma patients 2 (1.4%) subjects with concomitant clinically diagnosed and histologically confirmed BCC were found, with BCC located in the hypertrophic tissue of the nose. There were no patients with BCC located in other anatomical regions of the skin. Both of these patients were in more advanced age. Conclusions: Taking into consideration these two conditions: advanced age and anatomical location, typical for BCC, one may speculate that the development of BCC within rhinophyma is rather a simple coincidence. However, more numerous series of patients with rhinophyma are needed to clear the controversy of BCC within rhinophyma hypertrophic tissue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Keywords: basal cell carcinoma; pigmented tumor; scalp tumor; skin cancer EN basal cell carcinoma pigmented tumor scalp tumor skin cancer 6497 6498 2 12/27/22 20221101 NES 221101 A 61-year-old woman was referred to the dermatosurgical unit due to painless well-defined nodule with about 2 years of growth history. BCC was reported more frequently in males (with male to female ratio 2:1), but recently, there has been an increase incidence of BCCs in female patients documented.[1] Nodular type of BCC is the most frequent type, while the pigmented type of BCC is rare. Basal cell carcinoma, pigmented tumor, skin cancer, scalp tumor. [Extracted from the article]