Malignant degeneration of pilonidal disease in an immunosuppressed patient: Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1475-1477

  Malek, Marcus M ^a   Emanuel, Patrick O ^a   Divino, Celia M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Immunosuppression; Malignant; Pilonidal; Transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; PILONIDAL SINUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34748903524     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0267-9     Document Type: Article

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