Bowens Disease Leg

It tends to look crusty or scaly.

Bowens disease leg. Doctors call Bowens disease pre invasive. Intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma SCC is a common superficial form of keratinocyte cancer. Bowens disease causes reddish sometimes brown patches on sun-damaged skin most often on your legs.

Lesions on the lower leg appear red with irregular borders and surface crusting. The lesions can measure anywhere from a few millimeters to a few centimeters. Sometimes it can look like raised spots or warts.

Healing there is slow. Patches of Bowens disease may be a few millimetres in diameter but in some cases can grow to several centimetres. A single freeze-thaw cycle with cryosurgery for 20-30 seconds - avoid in the gaiter area of the leg and other areas of poor skin healing.

While the exact causes are unknown the Bowens disease skin disorder is considered as a precursor to squamous cell carcinoma and is typically classified as a precancerous condition. Its a very slow growing cancer. But it is usually found on areas that have been regularly exposed to the sun.

A particular problem with Bowens disease is that it is frequently found on the lower leg where the skin is often tight and sometimes quite fragile especially in older patients. Bowens disease can occur on any part of the body although the lower legs are most commonly affected. The part of the body that is most likely to be affected by Bowens disease is the lower leg not least because this is the most sun-exposed area of the body.

Sometimes they can affect the groin area and in men the penis. In medicine dermatology Bowens disease BD is a sunlight-induced skin disease classified either as an early noninvasive stage or intraepidermal form of squamous cell carcinoma which if left undiagnosed untreated or neglected has. Bowens disease has a particular predilection for the lower leg especially in women.