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Squamous cell carcinoma complicating late chronic discoid lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
Dabski Krzysztof,
Stoll Howard L.,
Milgrom Halina
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930320412
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell , squamous cell cancer , discoid lupus erythematosus , dermatology , lupus erythematosus , carcinoma , pathology , cancer , antibody , immunology
Two cases of squamous cell carcinoma developing in lesions of chronic cutaneous discoid lupus erythematosus are presented. One of the patients was white and the other was black. The squamous cell carcinoma in the black patient proved to be rapidly metastatic and eventually fatal. The white patient developed seven squamous cell carcinomas over 8 years with no evidence of metastatic spread. The role of ultraviolet light in inducing skin cancer in these patients is discussed.