Squamous cell carcinoma in situ arising in a smallpox vaccination scar

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-600

  Walling, Hobart W ^a,b   Persichetti, Gregory B ^a,b   Scupham, Richard K ^a,b  

^a Iowa Pathology Associates ^*  (United States)

^b Iowa Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SMALLPOX; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VACCINATION;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

EID: 43549127117     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03537.x     Document Type: Article

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