Lethal basal cell carcinoma secondary to cerebral invasion

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-151

  Kovarik, Carrie L ^a   Stewart, David ^a   Barnard, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN; CALVARIA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; DYING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN BIOPSY; STROMA;

EID: 11144321577     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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