Basal-Cell Epitheliomas of the Sole

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Basal-cell epitheliomas on the sole are rare. Pascher and Sims1 found no mention of palmar or plantar lesions in their review of the literature, except for one case by Schreiner and Wehr3 who in turn found, among 37 cases of primary malignant tumors of the foot, only one basal-cell tumor of the sole. In a communication to them Dr. Herman Beerman stated that he had studied one case, but Drs. Hamilton Montgomery and Fred D. Weidman could not recall encountering such a tumor. The series reported by Sachs and Garbe2 contained no reference to a basal-cell epithelioma on the palms or soles, but in a recent personal discussion with Dr. Sachs I learned that he had since encountered six cases of basal-cell epithelioma of the sole. Lever4 stated that basal-cell epitheliomas occur only in areas where primary epithelial structures (hair, sebaceous or apocrine glands)

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