A leg ulcer as manifestation of metastatic squamous cell vaginal carcinoma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 678-680

  van Ruth, S ^a   van Dorst, E B L ^a   Canninga van Dijk, M R ^a   de Bruin Weller, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cutaneous metastasis; Leg ulcer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Vaginal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VAGINA CARCINOMA; VAGINA DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250357564     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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