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Subungual Squamous Cell Carcinoma Leading To Arm Amputation, Ovidiu V. Fabian, Emilia Maria Pătruţ, Mădălina Șteţca, Radu Mircea Galasiu, Vlad Zolog, Adriana Zolog, Iacob Domşa, Ioan Șimon, Anca Mihailov, Olga Hilda Orăşan, Flaviu Mureşan
Subungual Squamous Cell Carcinoma Leading To Arm Amputation, Ovidiu V. Fabian, Emilia Maria Pătruţ, Mădălina Șteţca, Radu Mircea Galasiu, Vlad Zolog, Adriana Zolog, Iacob Domşa, Ioan Șimon, Anca Mihailov, Olga Hilda Orăşan, Flaviu Mureşan
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Although rare, subungual carcinoma is the most common malignant nail tumor. The symptomatology is not characteristic, being very similar to that of other nail and periungual diseases. For this reason, early diagnosis is usually established by performing a biopsy. With appropriate treatment, subungual carcinoma usually has a favorable prognosis. Metastatic cases are rarely encountered, but they usually have a poor therapeutic result. This article presents the case of a patient with subungual carcinoma (diagnosed by histopathological exam), initially treated by amputation of the distal and middle phalanges of the fourth finger. Two years after the operation, a recurrence in the …
Giant Renal Cell Carcinoma In A Patient With Ipsilateral Lower Limb Hypertrophic Lichen Planus; Case Report And Literature Review, Silvia Popescu, Dumitru Peța, Zoltan Janos Kövér, Dumitru Toma, Ioan-Teodor Cristea, Mihaela Anca Popescu, Oana-Denisa Bălălău, Romina-Marina Sima, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Călin Giurcăneanu
Giant Renal Cell Carcinoma In A Patient With Ipsilateral Lower Limb Hypertrophic Lichen Planus; Case Report And Literature Review, Silvia Popescu, Dumitru Peța, Zoltan Janos Kövér, Dumitru Toma, Ioan-Teodor Cristea, Mihaela Anca Popescu, Oana-Denisa Bălălău, Romina-Marina Sima, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Călin Giurcăneanu
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of primary urogenital cancer, usually resistant to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Hypertrophic lichen planus is an inflammatory dermatosis characterized by the presence of papulosquamous and intensely pruritic lesions. The association of these two conditions is unusual, being reported in the specialized literature only in a few rare cases with the onset of lichenoid lesions after patients have undergone various forms of treatment. The case of a 62-year-old male patient who was admitted for severe abdominal pain due to a giant renal tumor associated with a hypertrophic plaque located on the anterior part of …