Basal cell carcinoma arising on a chronic lymphedematous leg

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 646-648

  Ueno, Takashi ^a   Futagami, Ayako ^a   Mitsuishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Niimi, Yayoi ^a   Shimoda, Takako ^a   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Leg; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMIS; EROSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERUS CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70849112944     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2009.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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