Can basal cell carcinoma develop on the site of a healed gumma?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 623-625

  Narouz, N ^a   Wade, A A H ^a   Allan, P S ^a  

^a Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Gumma; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; SYPHILIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0032847547     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914672     Document Type: Article

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