Left Heel Bowen’s Disease with Abscess-Like Clinical Presentation: A Case Report

Abstract

Bowen’s disease or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ is precancerous skin lesion, distributed mostly in sun-exposed body areas, more common in older age groups and had small probability to progress into invasive SCC. We reported 26-year-old female with painful abscess-like mass surrounded by inflamed skin on her left heel. Lesions fluctuated and contained pus-like fluid. Excisional biopsy was performed, and from histopathology result, it was concluded as Bowen’s disease with chronic inflammation which formed an abscess clinical feature. Due to its many variants and its tendency to malignant lesions, Bowen’s disease should not be underestimated.