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Perianal Paget’s disease: Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Summary

A patient with extensive perianal extramammary Paget’s disease was treated by wide local excision of the perianal skin. No underlying associated adenocarcinoma was identified, and the patient is clinically free of disease five years after treatment. A second patient had a small focus of Paget’s disease confined to a hemorrhoid. The necessity for histologic evaluation of all anal lesions is emphasized.

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  1. Departments of Pathology and Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, 10021, New York, New York

    Francis E. Sharkey M.D. (Resident in Pathology), Robert L. Clarke M.D. (Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery) &  George F. Gray M.D. (Associate Professor of Pathology)

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  1. Francis E. Sharkey M.D.
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  2. Robert L. Clarke M.D.
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Supported by American Cancer Society Traineeship CF 3223.

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Sharkey, F.E., Clarke, R.L. & Gray, G.F. Perianal Paget’s disease: Report of two cases. Dis Colon Rectum 18, 245–248 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587283

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