Table 1. Skin cancer in albinos

No.

Age(yrs)/ gender

Clinical features Site(s)

Histologic Diagnosis
(No. of tumors)

Treatment

Outcome/
Follow-up

1.

56/M

Ulcer (Face)

BCC(1)

Excision

Healed
(4 years)

2.

60/F

Fungating mass ((L) arm)

 

Fungating mass(R) hand

BCC(1)

 

SCC(1)

Excision

 

Excision and electrocautery

 

Re-excision & Cytotoxic chemotherapy(CC), (Methotrexate and Cisplatin)*

Healed
(18 months)

Residual tumor(1 month)

 

No clinical evidence of healing, lost to follow up after 3 months

 

3.

30/M

Ulcer (Face)

BCC(1)

Excision

Healed (3 years)

4.

21/F

Ulcer (Face)

 

Fleshy mass (Neck/upper chest)

 

Swelling (L) elbow

BCC(1)

 

BCC(2)

 

 

SCC(1)

Excision

 

Excision

 

 

Excision and electrocautery

CC*

Healed (2 years)

 

Healed (2 years)

 

 

Residual tumor (1 month)

No clinical evidence of healing

Lost to follow up (2 months)

5.

25/F

Ulcer (Face)

BCC(1)

Excision

Healed (6 months)

6.

22/M

Left facial ulcer

 

 

Right facial ulcer

SCC(1)

 

 

SCC(1)

Excision +CC*

Excision + CC*

 

Radiotherapy

Healed (18 months)

No clinical evidence of healing.

 

Fatal outcome(4 months)

7.

27/F

Left infra orbital mass(Face)

SCC(1)

Excision

CC*

 

Radiotherapy

Residual tumor

Poor response

 

Poor response, lost to follow up after 5 months

8.

41/M

Ulcer(Right forearm)

MM(1)

Excision

CC

Recurrence(3 months)

No clinical evidence of healing, lost to follow up(3 months)

9.

30/M

Ulcer(Left side of neck)

SCC(1)

Excision/ Skin graft

Referred for radiotherapy

Recurrence(2 months)

Lost to follow up after referral