Bowen's Disease of the Palm and Its Management with In-step Graft

Sandhya Pandey; M T Friji; Devi P Mohapatra; Ravi K Chittoria

doi:10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_50_20

Bowen's Disease of the Palm and Its Management with In-step Graft

J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2021 Oct-Dec;14(4):449-451. doi: 10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_50_20.

Authors

Sandhya Pandey¹, M T Friji², Devi P Mohapatra², Ravi K Chittoria²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Eras Lucknow Medical College and University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India.

Abstract

Bowen's disease is an in situ squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, commonly seen in the elderly, on sun-exposed areas. Although it can occur on any site of the body, the involvement of glabrous skin is rare. Bowen's disease of hand is very rare, only a few cases are reported and none of them is managed surgically with immediate reconstruction. Through this article, we present a case of Bowen's disease of the palm managed by oncologically safe excision and cosmetic reconstruction by in-step graft.

Keywords: Bowen’s disease; Bowen’s disease of the palm is rare. Surgery is preferred and curative management. Reconstruction by instep graft is cosmetically sound and replaces glabrous skin with well-hidden donor scar; in-step graft.

Publication types

Case Reports