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Periungual Bowen's Disease in a 4‐Year‐Old Girl
Author(s) -
Kim Sharon,
Sun Grace S.,
Wright Teresa S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12252
Subject(s) - girl , medicine , bowen's disease , human papillomavirus , dermatology , basal cell , pathology , biology , genetics
Bowen's disease ( BD ), or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma ( SCC ) in situ, is rare in children. BD usually occurs in Caucasian adults on sun‐exposed areas and may progress to invasive cutaneous SCC . Most cases of periungual BD have been linked to human papillomavirus infection. We report an immunocompetent child with periungual BD .
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