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The incidence of basal cell carcinoma has increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of itch on quality of life and psychosocial status of patients with basal cell carcinoma. A total of 180 patients with basal cell carcinoma were included in the study. Itch intensity was assessed with Numerical Rating Scale and 4-Item Itch Questionnaire (4IIQ). Quality of life in basal cell carcinoma was assessed with the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), 6 Item Stigmatization Scale (6-ISS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Mean DLQI in the study group was 2.0 ± 2.0, while mean SF-36 was 71.38 ± 15.77 points. The intensity of itch assessed with 4IIQ correlated negatively with SF-36 (R = -0.48, p = 0.003). The mean ± SD BDI score was 6.16 ± 5.72 points and mean 6-ISS score was 0.66 ± 1.24. In conclusion, presence and intensity of itch may debilitate quality of life among patients with basal cell carcinoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case of a 33-year-old female who was presented to a dermatology clinic due to papular non-itchy skin lesions to discuss the cutaneous disorder pityriasis lichenoides (PL) triggered by human papillomavirus vaccine. Also cited are the three forms of PL like pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA), pityriasis lichenoides chronica (PLC), and severe febrile Mucha Habermann's disease, as well as PLEVA as a side effects of the HPV vaccine Gardarsil 9.

The article presents case studies related to Giant Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma diagnosed and treated as Psoriasis. Topics discussed include 39-year-old man presented with a well-demarcated, brightly erythematous, scaling, plaque on his left arm in the area of a childhood scar, which was first noticed several years previously, and 80-year-old man was referred to our dermatology department for examination of a plaque, which had increased progressively.

The article discusses case of 55-year-old, incapacitated patient with multiple skin lesions. The patient presented pitted depressions on his hands, macrocephaly, high arched eyebrows, and multiple scars from previous surgeries. The car accident in the medical history probably led the neurologist to suggest the diagnosis of post-traumatic encephalitis. patient was diagnosed as having Gorlin–Goltz syndrome (GGS) with numerous basal cell carcinomas (BCCs).