Vincent Jules Louis Queyrat (2 December 1856 in Chavanat,

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– 18 October 1933 in

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dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medi ...

and syphilologist who is best remembered for the

erythroplasia of Queyrat Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (cSCC), also known as squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous-cell skin cancer, is one of the three principal types of skin cancer, alongside basal-cell carcinoma and melanoma. cSCC typically presents as ...

,C Steffen, ''Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ: A Historical Note'', SKINmed: Dermatology for the Clinician, 2007,6:1; a

carcinoma in situ Carcinoma ''in situ'' (CIS) is a group of abnormal cells. While they are a form of neoplasm, there is disagreement over whether CIS should be classified as cancer. This controversy also depends on the exact CIS in question (e.g., cervical, skin, b ...

of the skin of the penis.Marks, James G; Miller, Jeffery (2006). ''Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology'' (4th ed.). Elsevier Inc. p. 63. . From 1898 until 1923, Queyrat was head of the dermatology service of l'Hôpital Ricord, a venereal hospital in Paris, now

Hôpital Cochin The Hôpital Cochin () is a hospital of public assistance in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques Paris 14e. It houses the central burn treatment centre of the city. The Hôpital Cochin is a section of the Faculté de Médecine Paris-Cité. It commem ...

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