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Review
. 2015 Sep 22:13:281.
doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0698-z.

Dhoti cancer: a waistline skin cancer with review of literature

Murtaza A Akhtar  1 , Divish K Saxena  2 , Akanksha A Chikhlikar  3 , Akshay P Bangde  4 , Murtuza Rangwala  5
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Review

Dhoti cancer: a waistline skin cancer with review of literature

Murtaza A Akhtar et al. World J Surg Oncol. .

Abstract

Skin cancers account for less than 1 % of all malignancies in India. Squamous cell carcinomas occurring over the waistline due to tying of cotton cloth called dhoti in males and sarees in females are predominantly seen in traditional Indian population. On wearing of these clothes for years, there is a constant irritation which produces depigmentation, glazing of the skin, acanthosis, scar formation, and later on malignant transformation. Presenting a case of a 65-year-old male with 7 × 5 cm ulceroproliferative growth over the right waistline with a history of prolonged use of dhoti. Wide local excision of the growth with 2-cm margin and primary closure of wound by mobilizing the skin was carried out. Histopathology showed well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The patient is clinically disease free after postoperative follow-up of 1 year.

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Fig. 1
Photograph showing ulceroproliferative growth over the right waist with scaling of the skin
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Fig. 2
Photograph showing histopathological features of squamous cell carcinoma
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