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Bowen's disease

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Bowen's disease [′bōยทənz di‚zēz]
(medicine)
Intraepithelial squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin, forming distinctive plaques.
A similar carcinoma occurring in mucous membranes.


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MMP-21 was expressed in actinic keratosis, Bowen's disease, pyoderma gangrenosum, lichen planus and all keratoacanthomas studied in the keratinocytes of the upper spiny layers of epidermis.
The 49-year-old spotted a dark red mark, which appeared slightly scabbed, on his chest just over a year ago and doctors confirmed it was Bowen's Disease ( a form of cancer which usually stays on the skin's surface.
 
 
 
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