What is the basal cell skin, its symptoms and treatment

What is a basal cell? Basalioma( or basal cell epithelioma) is a tumor that develops from the cells of the so-called basal layer of the epidermis.

Although basal cell skin refers to cancers, many oncologists tend to view it as a special tumor, which can not be considered a benign neoplasm, but it does not have the characteristic signs of cancer. In particular, very slow growth is combined with the absence of metastases.

How does the disease manifest itself?

Skin cancer - basal cell carcinoma - can be presented in several clinical variants:

1. Surface basal cell looks like a spot of round or oval pink color.
2. Tumor skin basalioma is represented by a nodule formation of 0.5 cm in size, which rises above the surface of the skin. To the touch, the tumor is usually smooth, although there are cases of appearing on its surface of crusted erosions.
3. Ulcerous basal cell may appear as an independent neoplasm, and may be a consequence of erosion. Such a tumor looks like an ulcer with raised edges in the form of a roller.
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4. Pigmentary basal cell got its name because of the rich coloration of the lesion focus.
5. Scleroderm-like basaloma looks like a whitish plaque, on the periphery of which growth centers are observed.

Who and why does it happen?

Usually basal cell skin affects people older than 65 years. It is characteristic that more often the disease is observed in rural residents, rather than among the townspeople. Especially susceptible to the formation of basaliom southerners and forced to be under the scorching sun white people - a long stay in the sun is a risk factor for basal growth.

But there are a number of other factors predisposing to the occurrence of basal cell:

1. Prolonged exposure to aggressive chemicals: arsenic, benzene, toluene, etc.
2. Immune disorders.
3. Radioactive irradiation.
4. Genetic predisposition to neoplasm.
5. What does it look like?

Despite a rather wide variety of clinical forms, basaloma usually looks like a small fairly dense formation that rises above the skin level.

As a rule, the preferred places of basal body localization are the upper lip, the corners of the eyes, the wings of the nose, and nasolabial folds. Often there is a basal cell on the nose. In the center of this formation, it is usually possible to detect a crusting that is covered with a crust.

Very often people take basaloma for a harmless cold or pimple and try to cope with it on their own: they remove crusts and expect that education will pass by itself. Naturally, there is no way to expect a spontaneous cure for the basal cell.

In the future, without timely treatment, the tumor slowly increases in size and may ulcerate. It is characteristic that at the beginning the basal cell does not cause any pain, because of which people do not hurry to consult a doctor.

As already mentioned, basioma is not an ordinary cancer, as it does not give metastases to other tissues and organs. But to consider this tumor completely safe and harmless it is impossible. Increasing in size, the basal cell destroys nearby tissues and can affect even muscles and bones. And when the tumor gets to the nerves, sometimes a very pronounced pain syndrome is attached.

Treatment of basiholoma of skin

Treatment of basal cell carcinoma can be carried out by different methods. With a relatively small tumor size, its surgical removal is used.

X-ray therapy is also very effective, which can be used as an independent method of therapy for small basal cell sizes, and may be part of complex treatment. Usually, x-ray therapy treats tumors located on the face( basilar skin of the nose, for example).

Very good results also give cryogenic destruction of the tumor - that is, exposure to it at low temperatures. As a result, the tumor cells die. This method favorably differs from other painlessness, bloodlessness and almost complete absence of complications.

Forecast basalioma treatment with timely detection of neoplasia effectively in almost a hundred percent of cases.

What is the prevention?

It is impossible to completely protect yourself from the onset of cancer( and basal cell disease in particular), but you can follow several simple rules to minimize risks.

1. It is necessary to protect open areas of the body from the effects of solar radiation, this advice is especially relevant for the elderly.
2. Avoid prolonged exposure to the skin of harmful chemical compounds - carcinogens.
3. Do not delay the treatment of long-term healing erosions and ulcers.