Verrucous carcinoma of the ear following renal transplantation: a case report and review of the literature

Venucous carcinoma is a rare, well-differentiated and very low grade carcin oma of the skin with a low potential for metastasis. The ear is an unusual location for this tumor. On the other hand, although renal allograft recipi ents are at increased risk for the development of cancer, the incidence of verrucous carcinoma in these patients is extremely low. A patient who devel oped verrucous carcinoma on the concha of the auricle following renal trans plantation is presented. The lesion was treated by limited surgical excisio n and without recurrence after 6 months. This clinicopathologic entity has not previously been reported to occur on the ear in this patient population .