Background:

Basal cell carcinoma is the most frequent non-melanoma skin cancer, it is a locally invasive and slow growing tumor, its incidence is increasing, so requires efficient, accessible and rapid diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Skin ultrasound is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that uses the physical properties of ultrasound to study the skin.

Objective:

To describe a patient´s case with basal cell carcinoma on the border of the right auricular pavilion treated with HeberFERON and follow-up with skin ultrasound.

Case presentation:

60-year-old female patient with basal cell carcinoma on the edge of the right auricular pavilion, treated with HeberFERON with a complete response after eliminating the tumor, it was verified with the clinic, histopathology and skin ultrasound.

Conclusions:

The skin ultrasound allowed to visualize in real time the size and depth of the skin tumor, it was also useful to confirm the disappearance of the lesion after the treatment with HeberFERON.

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