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Murine Full-thickness Skin Transplantation
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Keratoacanthoma-type squamous cell carcinoma developing in a skin graft donor site after tumor extirpation at a
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 73, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. jmay@health.usf.edu
Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal
|April 17, 2010
Abstract:
The development of squamous cell carcinoma in split-thickness skin graft donor sites is rare in the reported literature. We report a case of keratoacanthoma-type squamous cell carcinoma developing in a split-thickness skin graft donor site 6 weeks after orbital exenteration for squamous cell carcinoma. We review the literature and discuss possible causes.
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