Acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma of skin--a case report.

نویسندگان

  • S B Rahman
  • M Tahir
  • M Muzaffer
چکیده

Acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare vanant of squamous cell carcinoma and few cases have been reported in literature. Initially this tumour was considered to have a sweat gland origin by Lever in 1947 and was called Adenoid acanthoma of sweat gland. However, later it was accepted as an uncommon variant of squamous cell carcinoma synonyms acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid squamous cell carcinoma, pseudoglandnlar squamous cell carcinoma, epithelioma spinocellular segregans. The tumour is seen classically on sun exposed areas of elderly, however, other sites have been reported. The tumour has distinct histology as well as an aggressive nature. A classical case of acantholytic SCC is described here, because the presence of such cases in our literature is remote.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

دوره 48 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998