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Three cases of verrucous carcinoma
Author(s) -
Dogan Gursoy,
Oram Yasemin,
Hazneci Ersoy,
Özen Suleyman,
Karincaoǧlu Yelda,
Ciralik Harun
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01484.x
Subject(s) - verrucous carcinoma , medicine , biopsy , dermatology , carcinoma , lesion , heel , basal cell , pathology , anatomy
SUMMARY Verrucous carcinoma of the skin and mucosa is an uncommon clinicopathological variant of low grade squamous cell carcinoma. Here, we present three different clinical types of verrucous carcinoma. The first patient presented with an anogenitial verrucous carcinoma, also known as Buschke‐Loewenstein tumour. The second patient had verrucous carcinoma of the heel with endophytic growth (i.e. epithelioma cuniculatum) and the third patient had gluteal verrucous carcinoma with a cauliflower‐like appearance. Clinically, the lesion of the first patient best resembled giant condyloma accuminatum without any prominent verrucous component, whereas the second patient showed a big deep ulcer on the heel. None of the patients had metastasis. The diagnosis was confirmed with biopsy and total excision was performed in all cases. Although the cases have different clinical presentations in different locations, we think that they should be considered as a single entity: that is, verrucous carcinoma.