Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Basal cell carcinoma of the penis is an extremely rare entity, accounting for less than 0.03% of all basal cell carcinomas. Fortunately, wide local excision of such lesions is generally curative. Fewer than 25 cases have been reported in the literature describing penile basal cell carcinoma. Here we...

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Autores principales: Roewe, R. J., Uhlman, Matthew A., Bockholt, Nathan A., Gupta, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25298901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/173076
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author Roewe, R. J.
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description Basal cell carcinoma of the penis is an extremely rare entity, accounting for less than 0.03% of all basal cell carcinomas. Fortunately, wide local excision of such lesions is generally curative. Fewer than 25 cases have been reported in the literature describing penile basal cell carcinoma. Here we report a case of penile basal cell carcinoma cured with wide local excision.
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spelling pubmed-41799482014-10-08 Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Roewe, R. J. Uhlman, Matthew A. Bockholt, Nathan A. Gupta, Amit Case Rep Urol Case Report Basal cell carcinoma of the penis is an extremely rare entity, accounting for less than 0.03% of all basal cell carcinomas. Fortunately, wide local excision of such lesions is generally curative. Fewer than 25 cases have been reported in the literature describing penile basal cell carcinoma. Here we report a case of penile basal cell carcinoma cured with wide local excision. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4179948/ /pubmed/25298901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/173076 Text en Copyright © 2014 R. J. Roewe et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179948/
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