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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec 7:16:ic46.
eCollection 2016.

Bilateral Plantar Verrucous Carcinoma

Charlie Riccio  1 , Kathryn King  2 , Joshua B Elston  2 , Michael A Harrington  2 , C Wayne Cruse  2
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Case Reports

Bilateral Plantar Verrucous Carcinoma

Charlie Riccio et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: human papilloma virus; malignancy; plantar; squamous cell carcinoma; verrucous carcinoma.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Bilateral chronic plantar ulcerations diagnosed as verrucous carcinoma. (b) Appearance after tangential excision of the carcinomas. (c) Intraoperative view of thick-sheet split-thickness skin grafts to the bilateral plantar defects.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Close-up view of right plantar foot demonstrating verrucous (warty) appearance of initial lesion. Positive margins were encountered far outside of the area of the ulcer, supporting the aggressive nature of this carcinoma.
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