 Bowen's Disease
"Bowen's Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A persistent progressive non-elevated red scaly or crusted plaque which is due to an intradermal carcinoma and is potentially malignant. Atypical squamous cells proliferate through the whole thickness of the epidermis. The lesions may occur anywhere on the skin surface or on mucosal surfaces. The cause most frequently found is trivalent arsenic compounds. Freezing, cauterization or diathermy coagulation is often effective. (From Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, pp2428-9)
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D001913
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.200.400.130 C04.557.470.700.400.130
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| Concept/Terms |
Bowen's Disease- Bowen's Disease
- Bowens Disease
- Disease, Bowen's
- Bowen Disease
- Disease, Bowen
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bowen's Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Strock DM, Militello M, Sivesind TE, Matin RN, Dellavalle RP. From the Cochrane Library: Nonsurgical interventions for cutaneous Bowen disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 08; 87(2):494-495.
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Margenthaler JA, Dietz DW, Mutch MG, Birnbaum EH, Kodner IJ, Fleshman JW. Outcomes, risk of other malignancies, and need for formal mapping procedures in patients with perianal Bowen's disease. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 Oct; 47(10):1655-60; discussion 1660-1.
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