[Carcinoma spinocellulare in erythematosus]

Case report on a 50-year-old man suffering from discoid lupus erythematosus since about 20 years. The development of a tumor of the left lower leg within a l. e. area, which turned out to be a squamous-cell carcinoma, had been noticed since two years. One year after tumor excision our patient died of multiple metastases. This case demonstrates the rare formation of a squamous-cell-carcinoma "in erythematode ".