Article
Basal cell carcinoma arising on a verrucous epidermal nevus: a case report
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VIANA, Analia et al. Basal cell carcinoma arising on a verrucous epidermal nevus: a case report. Case Reports in Dermatology, v. 7, p. 20-24, 2015.
1662-6567
10.1159/000380846
1662-6567
Autor
Viana, Analia
Aguinaga, Felipe
Marinho, Flauberto
Rodrigues, Rosangela
Cuzzi, Tullia
Ramos-e-Silva, Marcia
Resumen
Tullia Cuzzi. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta a informação no documento. We report a case of basal cell carcinoma that appeared from an epidermal verrucous nevus in a 61-year-old patient. The onset of basal cell carcinoma in sebaceous nevi, basal cell nevi and dysplastic nevi is relatively common, but it is rarely associated with epidermal verrucous nevi. There is no consensus on whether the two lesions have a common cellular origin or whether they merely represent a collision of two distinct tumors. Since this association – as with other malignant tumors – is rare, there is no need for prophylactic removal of epidermal verrucous nevi.