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A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA

Volume: 8 Number: 2 August 23, 2020
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A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA

Abstract

A Keratoacanthoma (KA) is a dome-shaped, pink-colored benign skin tumor, around 1–2 cm in height with a central crater filled with keratinous plaque, that is assumed to be caused by the exposure of hair follicles to sunlight. The most prominent discussion on KA is whether it is malignant or benign, and this discussion is challenging for a clinician and absorbing for a researcher, asit can play a key role in understanding cancer regression. KAs resemble squamous cell carcinomas, both clinically and histologically and in the resulting confusion, KA can be defined as a sheep in wolf’s clothing, but can also be regarded as the wolf in the sheep’s clothing, as there is an emerging view that it could be the precursor to SCC. A total or partial excision of the biopsy material, including subcutaneous fat tissue, or a fusiform partial excision, including the center and both sides along the entire course of the lesion, to represent the whole lesion. In addition, the excised biopsy material should include at least 2 mm of intact skin on both sides.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

August 23, 2020

Submission Date

November 29, 2019

Acceptance Date

July 8, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Bilgen, F., Ural, A., & Bekerecioğlu, M. (2020). A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA. Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi, 8(2), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.37696/nkmj.652935
AMA
1.Bilgen F, Ural A, Bekerecioğlu M. A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA. NKMJ. 2020;8(2):107-116. doi:10.37696/nkmj.652935
Chicago
Bilgen, Fatma, Alper Ural, and Mehmet Bekerecioğlu. 2020. “A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA”. Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi 8 (2): 107-16. https://doi.org/10.37696/nkmj.652935.
EndNote
Bilgen F, Ural A, Bekerecioğlu M (August 1, 2020) A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA. Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi 8 2 107–116.
IEEE
[1]F. Bilgen, A. Ural, and M. Bekerecioğlu, “A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA”, NKMJ, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 107–116, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.37696/nkmj.652935.
ISNAD
Bilgen, Fatma - Ural, Alper - Bekerecioğlu, Mehmet. “A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA”. Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi 8/2 (August 1, 2020): 107-116. https://doi.org/10.37696/nkmj.652935.
JAMA
1.Bilgen F, Ural A, Bekerecioğlu M. A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA. NKMJ. 2020;8:107–116.
MLA
Bilgen, Fatma, et al. “A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA”. Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, Aug. 2020, pp. 107-16, doi:10.37696/nkmj.652935.
Vancouver
1.Fatma Bilgen, Alper Ural, Mehmet Bekerecioğlu. A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING, OR A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING? KERATOACHANTOMA. NKMJ. 2020 Aug. 1;8(2):107-16. doi:10.37696/nkmj.652935