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Case Reports
. 1980 Feb;33(2):134-5.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.33.2.134.

Basal cell carcinoma arising in a smallpox vaccination site

J D Rich, B F Shesol, D W Horne 3rd
Case Reports

Basal cell carcinoma arising in a smallpox vaccination site

J D Rich et al. J Clin Pathol. 1980 Feb.

Abstract

A case of pigmented basal cell carcinoma developing in a smallpox revaccination site is presented. Any progressive change within a smallpox vaccination scar should be thoroughly evaluated and treated appropriately after tissue diagnosis.

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