Giant basal cell carcinoma of the thoracic wall: A case report and review of the literature

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1007-1010

  Lorenzini, M ^a   Gatti, S ^a   Giannitrapani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggressive skin cancer; Diagnosis; Giant basal cell carcinoma; Thoracic wall

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX WALL TUMOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 26044478884     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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