Squamous cell carcinoma mimicking fungal infection

A 61 year old immunosuppressed male presented with a non-healing wound following a rose thorn injury. Initial cultures revealed Candida parapsilosis, however histology confirmed squamous cell carcinoma in-situ (SCCis). This case emphasizes the importance of biopsy and cultures as fungal infection an...

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Autores principales: Brothers, Ryan P., Daveluy, Steven D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.09.016
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description A 61 year old immunosuppressed male presented with a non-healing wound following a rose thorn injury. Initial cultures revealed Candida parapsilosis, however histology confirmed squamous cell carcinoma in-situ (SCCis). This case emphasizes the importance of biopsy and cultures as fungal infection and SCCis often have similar, non-specific clinical appearances.
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spelling pubmed-50661932016-10-17 Squamous cell carcinoma mimicking fungal infection Brothers, Ryan P. Daveluy, Steven D. IDCases Case Report A 61 year old immunosuppressed male presented with a non-healing wound following a rose thorn injury. Initial cultures revealed Candida parapsilosis, however histology confirmed squamous cell carcinoma in-situ (SCCis). This case emphasizes the importance of biopsy and cultures as fungal infection and SCCis often have similar, non-specific clinical appearances. Elsevier 2016-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5066193/ /pubmed/27752471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.09.016 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066193/
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