The perils of a defective medical communication: Fatal neglected squamous cell carcinoma arising in perineal hidradenitis suppurativa

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-7

  Pagliarello, Calogero ^a   Paradisi, Andrea ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hidradenitis suppurativa; Neglect; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MINOCYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BUTTOCK; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS;

EID: 79957590624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323863     Document Type: Article

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