Waist line skin cancer: A case report

Jagadishwar Goud G, Kaveri Shaw, Vikas Kumar MB, Arun Katari, Kiranmai Gottapu V

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 Jagadishwar Goud G^1,*, Kaveri Shaw^1,*, Vikas Kumar MB¹, Arun Katari¹ and Kiranmai Gottapu V¹

¹Department of Surgical Oncology, Minimal Inavasive and Robotic assisted Laparoscopy, Krishna Institute of Medical sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India.

*Corresponding authors: Dr. Jagadishwar Goud Gajagowni, MS, M.Ch, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgical Oncology, Minimal Inavasive and Robotic assisted Laparoscopy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India, Email: jagadishgdr@yahoo.com and Kaveri Shaw, Department of Surgical Oncology, Minimal Inavasive and Robotic assisted Laparoscopy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India. Tel.: +91-8801805202; Email: kaverishaw@gmail.com

Received 23 October 2013; Revised 21 December 2013; Accepted 28 December 2013

Citation: Kaveri Shaw, Jagadishwar Goud G, Vikas Kumar MB, Arun Katari, Kiranmai Gottapu V. Waist line skin cancer: A case report. J Med Sci Res 2014; 2(1):21-23. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-004

Copyright: © 2014 Kaveri Shaw et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma of skin is second most common non melanoma malignancy next to Basal cell carcinoma. The occurrence of diseases is noticed in various part of the body but waist line skin is not a common site for it. The present case report is that of elderly male from south India wearing typical south Indian ethnic wear Lungi and developed the disease in waist line with primary metastasis. Surgery stays the main treatment of choice after topical chemotherapeutic agents and radiation. The case needs its reporting due its rarity and association with hypertension and diabetes which are said to be at lower risk for this malignancy.

Keywords: Lungi cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Waist line cancer