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T Prochno1, S Koch, B Wohlfarth
1Abteilung für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie/Plastische Operationen, HELIOS Klinikum, Bad Saarow. thilo.prochno@helios-kliniken.de
HNO
|November 10, 2007
Abstract:
Infiltrative growing scalp tumors with alopecia areata may be a sign of malignancy elsewhere, for example metastasis of a malignant melanoma or breast cancer. We describe the clinical case of a 78-year-old woman with a scalp tumor as the first diagnostic sign of breast cancer.
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