Abstract

GARCIA MASSO, Dunia; CHACON ODUARDO, Elisa  and  ALMENARES SORIA, Liliana. Atypical Clinical Presentation of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2016, vol.45, n.2, pp. 215-220. ISSN 1561-3046.

The case of a 75-year-old black man with a health history is presented in this paper. Two years ago he suffered a fall and was injured traumatized in the sacral region, with a small, painless lesion, which increased in size months later. This patient was treated in several care centers with the diagnosis of traumatic exulceration. He received various treatments with no improvement. A skin biopsy was performed at Santiago de Cuba Military Hospital, the result was epidermoid carcinoma. It was a rare case due to the clinical characteristics and location of the lesion.

Keywords : skin neoplasm; squamous cell carcinoma.

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