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Squamous Cell Carcinoma-differential diagnosis

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This is a squamous cell carcinoma of the cheek. The differntial diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma includes: Bowen's disease (an intra-epidermal type of squamous cell carcinoma), cutaneous horn, actinic keratosis, keratoacanthoma, wart, blastomycosis, chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma.



Jason R. Swanson and Jeffrey L. Melton
Last Updated: July 12, 1996
Created: January 19, 1996