Abstract
Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, first described by Wain et al. in 1986, is a histologically distinctive variant of squamous cell carcinoma.Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma tends to have a poorer prognosis than the usual type of squamous cell carcinoma.We report a case of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the uvula.The patient was a 78-year-old man with a tumor of the uvula.Surgical excision was perfomed, and the outcome was good with no sign of recurrence.The pathological diagnosis was basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.
