Open AccessThe clinical enigma of a Midfacial Destructive lesion
Author(s) -
Vinay S Bhat,
Ravishankar S.N,
Nitha Nitha,
Soorya Rao,
Kiran Naik
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
tropical journal of ophthalmology and otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-4907
DOI - 10.17511/jooo.2016.i01.02
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , xeroderma pigmentosum , histopathological examination , dermatology , basal cell , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , radiology , biology , dna , genetics , dna damage
Midfacial destruction is a rare presentation of various neoplastic, autoimmune and infective disorders. Here we present a rare case of a midfacial distructive lesion in a young patient with xeroderma pigmentosum, which was diagnosed as acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma on histopathological examination.
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