Basal cell carcinoma in a BCG scar in a young woman. Case report.
A 31 year old woman presented with a crusting lesion on the scar of her BCG vaccination. Histological examination showed it to be a basal cell carcinoma, which only rarely arises in vaccination scars, and is particularly unusual in BCG vaccination scars.
Braithwaite
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Liverpool Hospital, England.
Miller
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Burd
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D000328:Adult; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology*; D002921:Cicatrix; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D014611:Vaccination
D001500:BCG Vaccine