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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 23;14(2):e240539.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240539.

Prompt and safe skin cancer treatment should remain a priority during the pandemic: a rapidly growing basosquamous carcinoma to the tip of the nose in an immunocompromised patient

Agata Marta Plonczak  1 , Martin Van Carlen  2 , Natalie Meara  3 , Aftab Siddiqui  2
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Case Reports

Prompt and safe skin cancer treatment should remain a priority during the pandemic: a rapidly growing basosquamous carcinoma to the tip of the nose in an immunocompromised patient

Agata Marta Plonczak et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cancer intervention; plastic and reconstructive surgery; skin; surgical oncology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Patient with the tumour to the tip of the nose.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Resected tumour.
Figure 3
Figure 3
H&E stain. Basosquamous cell carcinoma demonstrating dual morphology; (A) basaloid area with classic peripheral palisade around islands of tumour, (B) second area with squamous differentiation and prominent keratinisation.
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