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  • Title: Squamous cell carcinoma over a nevus: a rare case.
    Author: Patro KC, Padhi S, Singh DN.
    Journal: J Cancer Res Ther; 2006; 2(4):200. PubMed ID: 17998704.
    Abstract:
    Malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma are more common over a preexisting nevus. But squamous cell carcinoma over a nevus is a rare phenomenon. A 55-year-old male presented with a slow growing noduloulcerative lesion on a preexisting nevus over scalp. For that he had undergone excisional biopsy. Biopsy came out to be a squamous cell carcinoma with lateral margin positive for tumor. So postoperative radiotherapy given by means of HDR brachytherapy. Now he is on follow-up.
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