Chronic Cystitis Associated With Keratinizing Squamous Metaplasia Progressing to Squamous Papilloma☆
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We present a patient with extensive keratinizing squamous metaplasia that progressed to squamous papilloma over the course of follow-up. To our knowledge, this is the first published case of keratinizing squamous metaplasia with melanotic deposits of an unknown material with synchronous development of squamous papilloma.
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