Aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common nonmelanoma skin cancer, and its incidence is increasing globally. In Korea, there were 12,516 diagnosed cases of cSCC between 1999 and 2014. Surgical treatment, for which several options are available, is the standard of care for cS...

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Autores principales: Suk, Sangwoo, Shin, Hyun Woo, Yoon, Kun Chul, Kim, Junekyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7933721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33663145
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2020.00381
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Sumario:Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common nonmelanoma skin cancer, and its incidence is increasing globally. In Korea, there were 12,516 diagnosed cases of cSCC between 1999 and 2014. Surgical treatment, for which several options are available, is the standard of care for cSCC and securing a sufficient surgical resection margin is always important. cSCC of the scalp sometimes exhibits unusually aggressive behavior. In this article, we report a case of cSCC of the scalp with invasion into the skull and dura mater.

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