Squamous cell carcinoma in chronic lymphedema: Case report and review of the literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 951-953

  Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Minakawa, Hidehiko ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036800762     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2002.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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