Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Oct 2018)

Collision tumor: pigmented Bowen's disease and seborrheic keratosis

  • Karen de Almeida Pinto Fernandes,
  • Diana Carolina Salamanca Martinez,
  • Aretha Brito Nobre,
  • Gabriella Campos-do-Carmo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187117
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 5
pp. 737 – 739

Abstract

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Abstract: Bowen's disease is a type of squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin. The pigmented form is rare and represents less than 2% of cases. We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with a blackened and asymptomatic leg injury for about 6 months. Clinically, and under dermatoscopy, the injury was suggestive of melanoma or melanoacanthoma, and a definitive diagnosis was made by histopathological examination.

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