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- Impact Factor: 0.285**
- H-Index: 6
- ISSN: 2638-4558
- DOI: 10.25107/2638-4558
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- Sports Medicine
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Epilepsy and Seizures
- Pneumonia
- Cardiac Surgery
- Pulmonary Disease
- Cardiology
Abstract
Citation: Clin Case Rep Int. 2020;4(1):1177.DOI: 10.25107/2638-4558.1177
Skin Cancer in an Albino Child: Is Ultraviolet Radiation Causing Faster Damage to the Skin?
Otei OO*, Ekpo RG, Ozinko M and Isiwere E
Department of Surgery, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
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Abstract:
We present the case of a thirteen-year-old male albino who had a one-year history of an ulcer on the scalp. The ulcer started as a nodule which ruptured and formed an ulcer. The latter enlarged gradually with mild pain and occasional foul-smelling discharge. We prepared him for excision biopsy and split thickness skin grafting. The histology result showed squamous cell carcinoma. The photomicrograph is shown on figure two. Aim: To show that skin cancers may be occurring in younger people in recent years.
Keywords:
Albino; Skin cancer; Solar damage
Cite the Article:
Otei OO, Ekpo RG, Ozinko M, Isiwere E. Skin Cancer in an Albino Child: Is Ultraviolet Radiation Causing Faster Damage to the Skin?. Clin Case Rep Int. 2020; 4: 1177..
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