Filariasis with Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Hidden Surprise

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising with chronic lymphedema is a rare condition, though literature suggests a variety of malignant tumors associated with filariasis. We present a case of 70-year-old male patient with a history of penile and scrotal SCC of filarial origin. We here discuss the unusu...

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Autores principales: Sahu, Gaurav, Verma, Yashi, Jajoo, Suhas, Shrivastava, Priyal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6967344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32002388
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_309_18
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author Sahu, Gaurav
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description Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising with chronic lymphedema is a rare condition, though literature suggests a variety of malignant tumors associated with filariasis. We present a case of 70-year-old male patient with a history of penile and scrotal SCC of filarial origin. We here discuss the unusual association of carcinoma and filariasis and its surgical treatment.
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spelling pubmed-69673442020-01-30 Filariasis with Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Hidden Surprise Sahu, Gaurav Verma, Yashi Jajoo, Suhas Shrivastava, Priyal Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising with chronic lymphedema is a rare condition, though literature suggests a variety of malignant tumors associated with filariasis. We present a case of 70-year-old male patient with a history of penile and scrotal SCC of filarial origin. We here discuss the unusual association of carcinoma and filariasis and its surgical treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6967344/ /pubmed/32002388 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_309_18 Text en Copyright: © 2020 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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