Nasopharyngeal Cardcinoma Associated with Long-term Arsenic Ingestion

Overview

Journal Arch Dermatol

Specialty Dermatology

Date 1978 Apr 1

PMID 646380

Citations 5

Authors

S D Prystowsky

G J Elfenbein

S I Lamberg

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Abstract

A nasopharyngeal carcinoma occurred in a 41-year-old white woman who had received Fowler's solution (potassium arsenite) almost yearly for more than 20 years for the treatment of psoriasis. Palmar and plantar keratoses were present. Because of the rarity of this malignant neoplasm in white people, a relationship with arsenic ingestion is suggested.

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