Basal cell carcinoma originating from a nevus sebaceus on the scalp of a 7-year-old boy

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 247-249

  Turner, Christopher D ^a   Shea, Christopher R ^a   Rosoff, Philip M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Basal cell carcinoma; Children; Hamartoma; Nevus sebaceus; Patched

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SEBACEOUS NEVUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA;

ALOPECIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HAMARTOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SCALP; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034965137     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200105000-00014     Document Type: Article

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