Squamous Cell Carcinoma Complicating Vitiligo in an Indian Man

An elderly man, a known case of generalized vitiligo of long duration, presented to us with an ulcerated exophytic growth arising from the vitiliginous skin. The histopathological study confirmed the clinical suspicion of squamous cell carcinoma. Cutaneous neoplasia arising from the vitiliginous ski...

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Autores principales: Dhawan, Amit Kumar, Verma, Prashant, Singal, Archana, Sharma, Sonal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557854
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.94340
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description An elderly man, a known case of generalized vitiligo of long duration, presented to us with an ulcerated exophytic growth arising from the vitiliginous skin. The histopathological study confirmed the clinical suspicion of squamous cell carcinoma. Cutaneous neoplasia arising from the vitiliginous skin is a rare situation. Lack of melanin leaves the skin vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation damage, which may predispose to cutaneous neoplasia. Therefore, the importance of photoprotection has been stressed upon through this illustration.
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spelling pubmed-33391272012-05-03 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Complicating Vitiligo in an Indian Man Dhawan, Amit Kumar Verma, Prashant Singal, Archana Sharma, Sonal J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report An elderly man, a known case of generalized vitiligo of long duration, presented to us with an ulcerated exophytic growth arising from the vitiliginous skin. The histopathological study confirmed the clinical suspicion of squamous cell carcinoma. Cutaneous neoplasia arising from the vitiliginous skin is a rare situation. Lack of melanin leaves the skin vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation damage, which may predispose to cutaneous neoplasia. Therefore, the importance of photoprotection has been stressed upon through this illustration. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3339127/ /pubmed/22557854 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.94340 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Squamous Cell Carcinoma Complicating Vitiligo in an Indian Man
title_sort squamous cell carcinoma complicating vitiligo in an indian man
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557854
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