Waist cancer: report of two cases.
Saree is a type of female costume unique to Indian subcontinent. This includes a superficial cloth and a skirt underneath which is fastened securely to the waist by a cord. Persistent and long-term wearing of this costume has resulted in waist dermatoses. This waist dermatoses giving rise to malignancy is being reported here and 'saree cancer' is the term used to this entity of waist cancer. Here two cases of waist cancer are reported.
Department of Surgery, Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai 400008.
Girish D
GD
Bakhshi
Ashok
A
Borisa
Mukund B
MB
Tayade
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003020:Clothing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery