Giant Bowen’s disease of anterior abdominal wall with invasive squamous cell carcinoma-A rare case report

Abstract

A 65 years old male presented to the out-patient department of Dermatology with complaints of a large verruco-erosive lesion on left anterior abdominal wall for 15 years. A wedge incision biopsy was done which showed features of Bowen’s disease. The patient was referred to department of General Surgery where a complete excision was done. The final histopathology report confirmed the diagnosis of Bowen disease with a focus of invasive carcinoma component. This case report is unusual for its clinical presentation, duration and location of the lesion.