Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Skin in an African Albino: Case Report and Review of Literature

Albinism results from a deficiency of the protein responsible for melanin production in melanocytes. Albinos are at an increased risk of dermatoses and malignancies. Primary carcinosarcoma of the skin is an exceedingly rare biphasic tumor composed of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements wit...

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Autores principales: Ndukwe, Chinedu Onwuka, Chiemeka, Michael Emeka, Menkiti, Felix Emeka, Ezejiofor, Florence Ifeoma, Ike, Gerald Kenechi, Chukwuanukwu, Titus O.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9579781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36299803
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.07
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author Ndukwe, Chinedu Onwuka
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Ike, Gerald Kenechi
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description Albinism results from a deficiency of the protein responsible for melanin production in melanocytes. Albinos are at an increased risk of dermatoses and malignancies. Primary carcinosarcoma of the skin is an exceedingly rare biphasic tumor composed of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements with an unclear histogenesis. To our knowledge, this has not been reported in an African albino. Here, we report the index case of this rare tumor in an albino of African descent.
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spelling pubmed-95797812022-10-25 Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Skin in an African Albino: Case Report and Review of Literature Ndukwe, Chinedu Onwuka Chiemeka, Michael Emeka Menkiti, Felix Emeka Ezejiofor, Florence Ifeoma Ike, Gerald Kenechi Chukwuanukwu, Titus O. Oman Med J Case Report Albinism results from a deficiency of the protein responsible for melanin production in melanocytes. Albinos are at an increased risk of dermatoses and malignancies. Primary carcinosarcoma of the skin is an exceedingly rare biphasic tumor composed of malignant epithelial and mesenchymal elements with an unclear histogenesis. To our knowledge, this has not been reported in an African albino. Here, we report the index case of this rare tumor in an albino of African descent. OMJ 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9579781/ /pubmed/36299803 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.07 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2022 by the OMSB. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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Ezejiofor, Florence Ifeoma
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Chukwuanukwu, Titus O.
Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Skin in an African Albino: Case Report and Review of Literature
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title_fullStr Primary Carcinosarcoma of the Skin in an African Albino: Case Report and Review of Literature
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title_sort primary carcinosarcoma of the skin in an african albino: case report and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9579781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36299803
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.07
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