Squamous cell carcinomas in Afro-Caribbean women

Authors :: Lucie Bonnecarrère
Benoit Tressières
Nadège Cordel
ADENIS, ANTOINE
Dermatologie-Médecine Interne
CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe]
Centre d'investigation clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane)
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]
Source :: Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology, Elsevier, 2012, 67 (4), pp.788-9. ⟨10.1016/j.jaad.2011.09.041⟩
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2012.
Abstract: International audience; Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lower limbs is a common occurrence in patients of African descent as reported by several large series. 1, 2 and 3 In light of their two initial cases occurring in African American women, Woolery-Lloyd et al4 recently focused on this localization for the differential diagnosis of hyperpigmented plaques on the lower limbs of elderly African American women