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Cutaneous papillary squamous cell carcinoma Volume 24, numéro 3, May-June 2014

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Auteurs
Department of Dermatology,
Shiga University of Medical Science,
Setatsukinowa, Otsu,
Shiga 520-2192, Japan

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors of the skin. Cutaneous SCC is classified into several types and papillary SCC (PSCC) is a rare variant. There have been only seven reports on PSCC [1-4] and the duration of follow-up was short in these cases. We present a case of PSCC with a follow-up of 46 months and review the literature. Moreover, this is the first case in which examination for Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) using PCR analysis was performed.An 81-year-old [...]