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A case of malignant transformation to a squamous cell carcinoma in a long-standing lumbar dermoid cyst is described. Progress was slow during 6 years. This type of transformation in a dermoid cyst is extremely uncommon and has never been recorded at this site.
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Présentation d'un cas de transformation maligne d'un kyste dermoïde lombaire en carcinome à cellule squameuse chez une femme de 40 ans. La transformation maligne d'un kyste dermoïde est très rare et n'avait jemais été décrite dans cette localisation.
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Ino, M., Nagase, M., Tsuge, K. et al. Malignant squamous cell carcinoma arising in a lumbar dermoid cyst. International Orthopaedics 19, 185–186 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181867
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