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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859 EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 51, No. 2, 2005, pp. 128-130
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Bioline Code: jp05051
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2005, pp. 128-130
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Case Report - Bilateral facial squamous cell carcinoma in an 18-month-old girl with xeroderma pigmentosum
Alymlahi Elkhalil, Dafiri R.
Abstract
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin usually occurs in older patients and commonly develops from actinic keratosis. Patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) are highly sensitive to ultraviolet radiation and prone to develop multiple skin malignancies and can acquire SCC at an early age. We report an 18-month-old girl with XP who presented clinically because of a bilateral facial skin mass that was biopsied and found to be SCC. To our knowledge, the case we describe represents the youngest XP patient to have developed facial SCC.
Keywords
Xeroderma pigmentosum, Squamous cell carcinoma, Children
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