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Multiple squamous-cell carcinomas of the scalp and chronic myeloid leukemia
C Angeli-Besson1, M C Koeppel, P Jacquet
1Department of Dermatology, CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 67-year-old patient with chronic myeloid leukemia for 4 years rapidly developed multiple squamous-cell carcinomas on the scalp. We discuss the role of chemotherapy, chronic immunosuppression, chronic sun exposure and of possible genetic factors.