title: Three cases of verrucous carcinoma.
abstract: Verrucous carcinoma of the skin and mucosa is an uncommon clinicopathological variant of low grade squamous cell carcinoma. Here, we present three different clinical types of verrucous carcinoma. The first patient presented with an anogenital verrucous carcinoma, also known as Buschke-Loewenstein tumour. The second patient had verrucous carcinoma of the heel with endophytic growth (i.e. epithelioma cuniculatum) and the third patient had gluteal verrucous carcinoma with a cauliflower-like appearance. Clinically, the lesion of the first patient best resembled giant condyloma accuminatum without any prominent verrucous component, whereas the second patient showed a big deep ulcer on the heel. None of the patients had metastasis. The diagnosis was confirmed with biopsy and total excision was performed in all cases. Although the cases have different clinical presentations in different locations, we think that they should be considered as a single entity; that is, verrucous carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Inönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oram
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hazneci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karincaoğlu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ciralik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000694:Anal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology; D018289:Carcinoma, Verrucous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome