Bowen's disease
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Bowen's disease
[bo´enz]intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma, often occurring in multiple sites.
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Bowen’s disease
Carcinoma in situ arising in and confined to squamous epithelium.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Bowen's disease
Bowenoid dysplasia, intraepithelial cancer Carcinoma in situ arising in, and confined to, the epitheliumMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Bowen's disease
A cancer of surface cells (squamous epithelium) which does not extend into the deeper layers but often occurs in several places simultaneously. An intra-epidermal carcinoma. (John Templeton Bowen, 1857–1941, American dermatologist).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005