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Renato Panizzon, MD
Zurich, Switzerland

Arch Dermatol. 1980;116(4):381-382.

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To the Editor.—

In the June ARCHIVES (115:678,1979), Nielsen reported a case of basal cell epithelioma arising in a BCG vaccination scar. He stated that he was unaware of any such cases reported previously. Recently, we observed a 31-year-old patient with basal cell nevus syndrome who showed basal cell epitheliomas following needle punctures.¹ One basal cell epithelioma, measuring 5 cm, developed 18 years after a BCG vaccination on the upper part of the right arm. The other tumor, measuring 3 mm, appeared three years after an intravenous drip on the back of the left hand. Reviewing the literature, we found a description of basal cell carcinoma following BCG vaccination by Ben-Hur et al in 1963.² These authors described two patients with basal cell epitheliomas that developed 1 and 12 years after BCG vaccination. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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