Case of xeroderma pigmentosum with well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma in the eye.
A seven year old female child presented with complaints of increased freckling over the face since the age of two years and a rapidly growing mass over the right eye. She underwent excisional biopsy of the mass over the eye which on histopathological examination was diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma.
Pradhan
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Department of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal. eli_srp@yahoo.com
Padhye
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Malla
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Karki
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D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery