Squamous cell carcinoma occurring at site of prior herpes zoster of the scalp: Case report of Marjolin ulcer [7]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1221-1222

  Mishra, Deepti ^a   Raji, Mukaila A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MARJOLIN ULCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; SCALP;

EID: 3042841579     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52327_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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