Giant basal cell carcinoma of the breast mimicking Paget's disease: Complete remission after photodynamic therapy

Onkologie

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 613-615

  Mikhaimer, Nadia C ^a   Kähler, Katharina C ^a   Schwarz, Thomas ^a   Mundhenke, Christoph ^a   Hauschild, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; Basal cell carcinoma; Breast; Paget's disease; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MASTALGIA; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET'S DISEASE, MAMMARY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049451899     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321126     Document Type: Article

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