Basal cell carcinoma arising from surgical scars: A case and review of the literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 965-968

  Özyazgan, Irfan ^a,b   Kontaş, Olgun ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033371950     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.99192.x     Document Type: Article

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