Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common non-melanoma skin cancer of the periocular region. Primary treatment of basal cell carcinoma is surgical. Advanced lesions require extensive surgical interventions and other available treatment modalities. In some cases, mutilating surgery - exenteration of the orbit is inevitable. Despite a relatively small percentage of invasive diseases today, advanced stages may still occur; either as a result of the patient's late presentation, inadequate initial therapy aimed at maintaining critical periorbital structures, or due to high tumor aggression. The case report highlights necessity of radical resection of primary tumor with histological examination.