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Bolsonaro Diagnosed With Early Skin Cancer After Emergency Hospital Visit

Doctors say the removed lesions appear curative for now, requiring follow-up rather than immediate treatment.

Overview

  • Transferred from house arrest to Hospital DF Star on Tuesday with severe hiccups, vomiting and low blood pressure under police escort, he was stabilized and discharged Wednesday.
  • Medical bulletins cited dehydration, elevated heart rate, persistent anemia and altered kidney function that improved after intravenous fluids and medication.
  • Biopsies of eight skin lesions removed Sunday found two positive for squamous cell carcinoma, with one on the chest and another on an arm, according to his treating physician.
  • Physicians described the cancer as early or intermediate and unrelated to his 2018 stabbing, indicating periodic evaluations but no immediate systemic therapy.
  • Bolsonaro remains under strict home confinement after a Supreme Court conviction and 27‑year sentence, and his lawyers have announced appeals and are expected to cite his health in custody requests.