Basal cell carcinoma occurring in a lesion of lichen planus: Coincidence or causation?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 662-664

  Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata ^a   Panda, Saumya ^b,c  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Belle Vue Clinic   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; MELANIN; STEROID;

ACANTHOSIS; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; URINALYSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59149090004     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.45123     Document Type: Letter

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