Squamous cell carcinoma arising from chronic lymphedema: Case report and review of the literature;Surgimento de carcinoma escamocelular a partir de linfedema crônico: Relato de caso e revisão da literatura

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-44

  Gomes, Carlos Augusto ^a,b   Magalhães, Camila Beatriz Silva ^a   Soares Junior, Cleber ^a,b   Peixoto, Rodrigo de Oliveira ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Monte Sinai Juiz de Fora   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Carcinoma; Glandular and epithelial; Lymphedema; Neoplasms; Skin cancer; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHEDEMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULCER;

EID: 77953773224     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802010000100009     Document Type: Article

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