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Fatal squamous cell carcinoma arising from transplant-associated porokeratosis
Shane G Silver1, Richard I Crawford
1Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|October 25, 2003
Abstract:
Porokeratosis is a disorder of epidermal keratinization characterized by variably sized plaques with central depression and a well-demarcated keratotic border. Associations of porokeratosis with immunosuppression and of porokeratosis with malignancy have been observed. The authors report a case of fatal metastatic squamous cell carcinoma arising from porokeratosis in an immunosuppressed patient.
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