Basal cell carcinoma of the umbilicus: A case report and literature review

Cutis

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Etter, Lawrence ^a,b   Cook, Jonathan L ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Dermatology   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN SURGERY; UMBILICAL CORD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; UMBILICUS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0038819571     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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