Basal cell carcinoma arising in a smallpox vaccination site.

1 February 1980

journal article
case report
Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology

Vol. 33 (2) , 134-135
https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.33.2.134

Abstract

A case of pigmented basal cell carcinoma developing in a smallpox revaccination site is presented. Any progressive change within a smallpox vaccination scar should be thoroughly evaluated and treated appropriately after tissue diagnosis.

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