Abstract
We report a 45-year-old white man with scaly erythematous plaques on the bilateral shoulders. The plaque on the left shoulder was 28×22mm in diameter with smooth surface and mild itching. The plaque on the right shoulder had a similar appearance and was 35×22mm in diameter. Eczema was suspected of the clinical feature by the former dermatologist and steroid ointment therapy was started. But he was not cured. The findings of each biopsied specimen showed superficial basal cell carcinoma. We performed wide local excision. The excised specimens had identical histologic features. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2003; 18: 316-319]
