Basosquamous carcinoma-A rare but aggressive skin malignancy

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Volkenstein, S ^a   Wohlschlaeger, J ^b   Liebau, J ^c   Arens, A ^c   Lehnerdt, G ^b   Jahnke, K ^b   Neumann, A ^a  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Kaiserswerther Diakonie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; CHEEK; EAR AURICLE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 75149124642     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.05.058     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Bowman P.H., Ratz J.L., Knoepp T.G., et al. Basosquamous carcinoma. Dermatol Surg 29 (2003 Aug) 830-832 [discussion 833]
2. Mitsuhashi T., Itoh T., Shimizu Y., et al. Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: dual differentiations to rare basosquamous and spindle cell variants. J Cutan Pathol 33 (2006 Mar) 246-252
3. Leibovitch I., Huilgol S.C., Selva D., et al. Basosquamous carcinoma: treatment with Mohs micrographic surgery. Cancer 104 (2005 Jul 1) 170-175
4. Costantino D., Lowe L., and Brown D.L. Basosquamous carcinoma-an under-recognized, high-risk cutaneous neoplasm: case study and review of the literature. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 59 (2006) 424-428
5. Beer T.W., Shepherd P., and Theaker J.M. Ber EP4 and epithelial membrane antigen aid distinction of basal cell, squamous cell and basosquamous carcinomas of the skin. Histopathology 37 (2000 Sep) 218-223