Arm amputation secondary to squamous cell carcinoma: exotic expeditions leading to a delayed diagnosis?

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 11:2018:bcr2017223880. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223880.
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Keywords: cancer intervention; plastic and reconstructive surgery; surgical oncology; travel medicine; tropical medicine (infectious disease).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Congo
  • Delayed Diagnosis / adverse effects*
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Expeditions
  • Forearm
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings / complications
  • Insect Bites and Stings / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Radius / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology