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Cell Population Analyses During Skin Carcinogenesis
Published on: August 21, 2013
Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
Karen de Almeida Pinto Fernandes1, Diana Carolina Salamanca Martinez1, Aretha Brito Nobre2
1Oncological Dermatology Service, Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
Abstract:
Bowen's disease is a type of squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin. The pigmented form is rare and represents less than 2% of cases. We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with a blackened and asymptomatic leg injury for about 6 months. Clinically, and under dermatoscopy, the injury was suggestive of melanoma or melanoacanthoma, and a definitive diagnosis was made by histopathological examination.
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