Squamous cell carcinoma of skin developing in a skin graft donor site.
We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the right ring finger which was treated by excision and split skin grafting. Three months later the patient presented with a further lesion at the margin of the skin graft donor site on the right thigh. Excision biopsy of this second lesion revealed a squamous cell carcinoma of a similar pathological appearance to the original lesion. We have been unable to trace any previous similar reports. A possible pathological basis for the sequence of events is discussed.
Neilson
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
Emerson
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Dunn
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D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013848:Thigh