Delayed Diagnosis of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Lip: The Possible Role of Incidental Multinucleated Foreign Body Giant Cells

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Joshua P. Hays (Συγγραφέας), C. Helen Malone (Συγγραφέας), Will E. Tausend (Συγγραφέας), Brandon P. Goodwin (Συγγραφέας), Richard F. Wagner Jr (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Karger Publishers, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Herpes simplex and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) can have similar clinical presentations due to overlapping lesional morphology. We describe the unusual case of a BCC masquerading as herpes labialis due to a possible false-positive Tzanck smear. The confounding diagnosis led to a failed trial of valacy...