Multiple squamous cell carcinomas complicating linear porokeratosis

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 136-139

  Curnow, Paul ^a   Foley, Peter ^a,b   Baker, Christopher ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornoid lamella; Leg; Malignant transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANCY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIPLE CANCER; POROKERATOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POROKERATOSIS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038693598     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2003.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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