Head and Neck Cancer Research

Trichoblastic Carcinoma of the Upper Lip

Introduction: Trichoblastic carcinoma (TC) is a rare malignant tumour of pilar origin very often confused with basal cell carcinoma. It has un-codified and multidisciplinary care.

Observation: Moroccan patient, 69 years old, Farmer, non-smoking and without a history of pathology, presenting with trichoblastic carcinoma of the upper lip, resected twice, classified PT3N0M0 who received adjuvant interstitial brachytherapy.

Discussion: The discussion focused on the histological diagnosis of trichoblastic carcinoma and on the place occupied by interstitial brachytherapy in its management.

Author(s): COMPAORE Bertrand, MOSSE Wilfried , SEKA Evrard , KIETGA Gael, AGBANGLANON Patricia, AKIMANA Gloria, BOUTAYEB Salwa, HARMOUCH Amal, KEBDANI Tayeb, BAKKALI Hanane, BENJAAFAR Nourredine

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