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Extramammary Paget's disease historical perspective
Introduction
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- Extramammary Paget’s disease was first discovered by Radcliffe Crocker in 1889.
- Crocker described a patient with erythematous patches on penis and scrotum.[1]
- Perianal extramammary Paget’s disease—also called perianal Paget disease — was first reported in 1893 by Darier and Coulillaud.
- The first case of vulval extramammary Paget’s disease was described in 1901.[2][3]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 extramammary Paget’s disease. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extramammary_Paget%27s_disease Accessed on January 26, 2016
- ↑ Mann, J.; Lavaf, A.; Tejwani, A.; Ross, P.; Ashamalla, H. (2012). “Perianal Paget disease treated definitively with radiotherapy”. Current Oncology. 19 (6). doi:10.3747/co.19.1144. ISSN 1198-0052.
- ↑ Shepherd, Victoria; Davidson, Emma J.; Davies-Humphreys, John (2005). “Extramammary Paget’s disease”. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 112 (3): 273–279. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00438.x. ISSN 1470-0328.
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