Squamous cell carcinoma in chronic ulcer in lepromatous leprosy

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2025-2030

  Samira, Yarak ^a,b   SÉrgio, Hirata ^b   Schwery Michalany, Nilceo ^b   Augusto De Almeida, Fernando ^b   Jane, Tomimori ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEG ULCER; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 72349086317     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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