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Dermoscopy Aids in the Diagnosis of Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
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Squamous cell carcinoma in black patients with discoid lupus erythematosus
Wakisa K Mulwafu1, Johannes J Fagan, Sue Jessop
1Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town.
Abstract:
Squamous cell carcinoma has rarely been reported in black African people, with only 11 cases reported in the world literature to date. We report on 2 further cases, the first to be reported in southern Africa, of squamous cell carcinoma in lesions of discoid lupus erythematosus
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