Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis

Abstract: Bowen's disease is a type of squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin. The pigmented form is rare and represents less than 2% of cases. We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with a blackened and asymptomatic leg injury for about 6 months. Clinically, and under dermatoscopy, t...

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Main Authors: Karen de Almeida Pinto Fernandes, Diana Carolina Salamanca Martinez, Aretha Brito Nobre, Gabriella Campos-do-Carmo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018-10-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962018000500737&tlng=en
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author Karen de Almeida Pinto Fernandes
Diana Carolina Salamanca Martinez
Aretha Brito Nobre
Gabriella Campos-do-Carmo
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description Abstract: Bowen's disease is a type of squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin. The pigmented form is rare and represents less than 2% of cases. We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with a blackened and asymptomatic leg injury for about 6 months. Clinically, and under dermatoscopy, the injury was suggestive of melanoma or melanoacanthoma, and a definitive diagnosis was made by histopathological examination.
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spelling doaj.art-6e5ad95fff2647778d054a06764b7e242022-12-22T04:16:27ZengSociedade Brasileira de DermatologiaAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia0365-05962018-10-0193573773910.1590/abd1806-4841.20187117Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosisKaren de Almeida Pinto Fernandeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-8248Diana Carolina Salamanca Martinezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-2136Aretha Brito Nobrehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7177-9838Gabriella Campos-do-Carmohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2258-5823Abstract: Bowen's disease is a type of squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin. The pigmented form is rare and represents less than 2% of cases. We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with a blackened and asymptomatic leg injury for about 6 months. Clinically, and under dermatoscopy, the injury was suggestive of melanoma or melanoacanthoma, and a definitive diagnosis was made by histopathological examination.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962018000500737&tlng=enBowen's diseaseMelanomaKeratosis, seborrheic
spellingShingle Karen de Almeida Pinto Fernandes
Diana Carolina Salamanca Martinez
Aretha Brito Nobre
Gabriella Campos-do-Carmo
Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Bowen's disease
Melanoma
Keratosis, seborrheic
title Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
title_full Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
title_fullStr Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
title_full_unstemmed Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
title_short Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis
title_sort collision tumor pigmented bowen s disease and seborrheic keratosis
topic Bowen's disease
Melanoma
Keratosis, seborrheic
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962018000500737&tlng=en
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