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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3867</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131303</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma - A Rare Case Report&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>H</surname><given-names>Irri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Rajendran</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>CR</surname><given-names>Narasimhalu</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names/></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>5</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>3)</volume><issue/><fpage>67</fpage><lpage>69</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Basal cell carcinoma is the most common skin cancer. Pigmented basal cell carcinoma is a very rare variant of Basal cell carcinoma with increased pigmentation. Intermittent ultraviolet radiation exposure is the predominant risk factor. Due to its multiple and varied clinicopathological presentations, its diagnosis becomes difficult. A case of multiple pigmented BCC is reported in a 64-year-old manon the right cheek. The diagnosis was established based on histopathology and dermoscopy findings. Result: Dermoscopy showed a maple-leaf like a pattern, blue-grey globules, ulceration and vessels. Histopathological examination showed an island of basaloid cells with peripheral palisading, melanin clumps in the stroma, with retraction artefacts. Conclusion: Dermoscopic analysis of the pigmented basal cell carcinoma eliminated the need for biopsy leading to early diagnosis and prompt intervention. Thus dermoscopy should be used as a routine tool in suspected skin lesions.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Pigmented basal cell carcinoma</kwd><kwd> Skin cancer</kwd><kwd> Dermoscopy</kwd><kwd> Basal cell carcinoma</kwd><kwd> UV radiation</kwd><kwd> Basaloid cells</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
