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Basal‐cell carcinoma complicating a port‐wine stain
Author(s) -
DUHRA P.,
FOULDS I. S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1991.tb00302.x
Subject(s) - port wine stain , basal cell carcinoma , stain , pathology , malignancy , medicine , basal cell , carcinoma , staining , laser , physics , optics
Summary A rare radio‐resistant basal‐cell carcinoma is described which presented as a recently enlarged non‐ulcerated nodule on a port‐wine stain. The literature on basal‐cell carcinoma occurring on a port‐wine stain is reviewed, and the aetiological significance of thorium‐X, sun‐exposure and vascular changes in the development of malignancy on this type of haemangioma is discussed.