title: Squamous cell carcinoma over a nevus: a rare case.
abstract: Malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma are more common over a preexisting nevus. But squamous cell carcinoma over a nevus is a rare phenomenon. A 55-year-old male presented with a slow growing noduloulcerative lesion on a preexisting nevus over scalp. For that he had undergone excisional biopsy. Biopsy came out to be a squamous cell carcinoma with lateral margin positive for tumor. So postoperative radiotherapy given by means of HDR brachytherapy. Now he is on follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack, Orissa, India. kanhu66@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Patro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Padhi
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery