Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin complicated by hypercalcemia is very rare. This report is of a patient with long-term exposure to medicinal oral arsenic who developed an extensive squamous cell carcinoma complicated by hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma
β Scribed by M. Iwase; Y. Kurachi; S. Kakuta; H. Sakamaki; M. Nakamura-Mitsuhashi; M. Nagumo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-6981
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