"Bowen's Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A persistent progressive non-elevated red scaly or crusted plaque which is due to an intradermal carcinoma and is potentially malignant. Atypical squamous cells proliferate through the whole thickness of the epidermis. The lesions may occur anywhere on the skin surface or on mucosal surfaces. The cause most frequently found is trivalent arsenic compounds. Freezing, cauterization or diathermy coagulation is often effective. (From Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, pp2428-9)
| Descriptor ID |
D001913
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.200.400.130 C04.557.470.700.400.130
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| Concept/Terms |
Bowen's Disease- Bowen's Disease
- Bowens Disease
- Disease, Bowen's
- Bowen Disease
- Disease, Bowen
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bowen's Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Diagnostic Criteria in Intraepithelial Pagetoid Neoplasms: A Histopathologic Study and Evaluation of Select Features in Paget Disease, Bowen Disease, and Melanoma In Situ. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 Jun; 39(6):419-427.
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Expression of p16 protein in lesional and perilesional condyloma acuminata and bowenoid papulosis: clinical significance and diagnostic implications. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013 Sep; 69(3):444-9.
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Photo quiz. Bowen's disease. Cutis. 2000 Dec; 66(6):410, 417-8.
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Bowenoid change in association with graft-versus-host disease: a cyclosporine toxicity? J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994 Dec; 31(6):1052-4.
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Malignant melanoma. Cancer dermatology and dermatosurgery. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1979 Nov; 1(5):473-7.