Horrifying basal cell carcinoma forearm lesion leading to shoulder disarticulation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Anwar, Umair ^a,b   Al Ghazal, Sharif K ^a   Ahmad, Mahtab ^a   Sharpe, David T ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Temple Bank Flats   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; AMPUTATION; CANCER INVASION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SHOULDER; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AMPUTATION; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SHOULDER JOINT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644864632     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000194908.32762.e6     Document Type: Article

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