CURIOUS PRESENTATION OF A SKIN TUMOR AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT

  • Guida Santos Interna do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/ Resident of Dermatology and Venereology, Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia / Dermatology Department, Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Lourdes Sousa Assistente Hospitalar de Dermatologia e Venereologia / Consultant of Dermatology and Venereology, Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia / Dermatology Department, Hospital São Bernardo, Setúbal, Portugal
  • Alexandre João Assistente Hospitalar de Dermatologia e Venereologia / Consultant of Dermatology and Venereology, Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Dermatology Department, Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.71.2.178
Keywords: Bowen´s disease, Carcinoma, squamous cell, Skin neoplasms, Photochemotherapy

Abstract

Bowen's disease is an in situ squamous cell carcinoma which can progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Female, 61 year-old, with a pink, well-demarcated, preauricular annular patch, lasting for 2 years. Two months before, a translucent nodule with telangiectasia appeared in its center. The excisional biopsy of the nodule showed squamous cell carcinoma with Bowen's disease at periphery. The remaining plaque was treated with CO2 laser followed by photodynamic therapy with complete resolution of the lesion. We emphazise this case because of the curiosity of its clinical presentation and the good therapeutic and aesthetic results.

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Published
2014-06-24
How to Cite
Santos, G., Sousa, L., & João, A. (2014). CURIOUS PRESENTATION OF A SKIN TUMOR AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 71(2), 241-244. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.71.2.178
Issue
Vol 71 No 2 (2013): Abril-Junho
Section
Case Reports

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