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carcinoma
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carcinoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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In 1993, a skin biopsy of a lesion on his right elbow was positive for squamous cell carcinoma in situ.
The patient sought further care at an outside institution, where biopsy demonstrated carcinoma in situ at the lateral true vocal folds bilaterally.
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