Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Diseases

Scopa Chrisoula

Publications

• Case Report
  Pigmented Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lower Back Skin: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
  Author(s): Koumoundourou Dimitra, Zolota Vassiliki, Gkermpesi Maria and Scopa ChrisoulaKoumoundourou Dimitra, Zolota Vassiliki, Gkermpesi Maria and Scopa Chrisoula
  
  Pigmented squamous cell carcinoma is a rare neoplasm arising mostly in mucous membranes or in sun-exposed skin. We describe a case of this tumor in a 70 year-old man who presented with a pigmented ulcerated nodule on his lower back. Microscopic examination revealed a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with atypical proliferation of cells with individual cell keratisation and keratin pearls’ formation. Apart from the squamous cell carcinoma a population of cytologically bland dendritic melanocytes was also present, a process that has been described as tumor cell colonization. Differential diagnosis of pigmented SCC includes melanoma with pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, pigmented metatypical basal cell carcinoma and squamomelanocytic tumor, a recently described combined tumor. A small number of cases of pigmented SCC have been referred in the literature mainly located in mucosal sur.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-0427.1000165

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