Squamous cell carcinoma arising in long‐standing necrobiosis lipoidica

ABSTRACT Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a disease of collagen. Squamous cell carcinomas developing in areas of chronic ulceration and scarring have been well documented in a variety of skin diseases but rarely in areas of necrobiosis lipoidica. The case history of a 76‐year‐old female is presented, w...

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Published in:Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 2004-03, Vol.18 (2), p.199-200
Main Authors: Santos‐Juanes, J, Galache, C, Curto, JR, Carrasco, MP, Ribas, A, Sánchez del Río, J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - complications
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology
Female
Humans
necrobiosis lipoidica
Necrobiosis Lipoidica - complications
Skin Neoplasms - complications
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
squamous cell carcinoma
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Summary:ABSTRACT Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a disease of collagen. Squamous cell carcinomas developing in areas of chronic ulceration and scarring have been well documented in a variety of skin diseases but rarely in areas of necrobiosis lipoidica. The case history of a 76‐year‐old female is presented, whose squamous cell carcinoma appeared 30 years after the diagnosis of necrobiosis lipoidica. The clinical and histopathological picture is described, stressing the importance of the unusual association of the two pathologies in the prognostic.
ISSN:0926-9959
1468-3083
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00444.x