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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 1982; 15(01): 6-14
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778432
Review Article

Skin Tumours in and Around Aligarh (A Clinicopathological Study)*

M. H. Khan
1   Professor of Plastic Surgery, From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Jawaharlal Nebru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (202001), U. P.
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S. P. Tyagi
2   Reader in Pathology, From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Jawaharlal Nebru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (202001), U. P.
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I. S. Ahuja
3   Ex-Registrar in Surgery, From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Jawaharlal Nebru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (202001), U. P.
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A. Ansari
4   Lecturer in Surgery, From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Jawaharlal Nebru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (202001), U. P.
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Nirmala Tyagi
5   Lecturer in Pathology, From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Jawaharlal Nebru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (202001), U. P.
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Summary

One hundred twentyfour casses of skin tumours treated at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh were reviewed. Sixty cases had malignant tumours and the remaining 64 benign tumours, Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest malignant tumour (70.0 percent). The others were basal cell carcinoma (18.4 percent), melanoma (8.3 percent) and metastatic carcinoma (3.3 percent). Skin malignancy constituted 8.19 percent of all malignant growths diagnosed histopathologically.

Haemangioma was the commonest benign tumour (46.9 percent), commonly seen in children. Male female ratio of all tumours was 1.7: 1. Benign tumours were seen mostly in children and students while malignant ones were common in farmers.

Surgery was the treatment of choice. Radiotherapy was used in inoperable cases, The merits and demerits of different methods of surgical treatment have been discussed.



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06 March 2024

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