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Pigmented vulvar lesions – review and case report focusing on pigmented basal cell carcinoma


Authors: Zápecová Kateřina
Authors‘ workplace: Patologicko-anatomické oddělení, Nemocnice Jihlava, příspěvková organizace
Published in: Ceska Gynekol 2021; 86(5): 325-330
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doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/cccg2021325

Overview

Pigmented vulvar lesions represent a wide range of diagnostic units with the essential role of precise histopathologic identification. The article reviews pigmented vulvar lesions. Furthermore, it deals with basal cell carcinoma in more detail and presents a case of an 85-year-old female with vulvar pigmented basal cell carcinoma.

Keywords:

basal cell carcinoma – Vulva – pigmented lesions


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