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Squamous Cell Carcinoma Manifesting as Cutaneous Cystic Lesions

Cutis. 2012 January;89(1):45-47
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Shah A
Peloro TM
Sauder DN
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), a malignancy of epidermal keratinocytes, is the second most common cause of skin cancer in the United States. Our case represents an unusual variant of this common tumor. We report a clinical presentation of a case of SCC occurring as cutaneous cystic lesions on the face of an 87-year-old white woman with a medical history of multiple SCCs.
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