By Disease Name > Epithelioma Cuniculatum

Verrucous Carcinoma

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low grade clinico-pathologic sub-type of  SCC
locally aggressive with little metastatic potential
locally compresses and displaces rather than infiltrating contiguous structures
radiation therapy can cause the tumor to become more aggressive
good prognosis with excision
HPV 6 an 11 may be involved in the induction of these tumors

 

sub-typed by location:

foot (plantar surface) epithelioma cuniculatum
glans penis giant condyloma of Buschke and Lowenstein
mouth oral florid papillomatosis