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Brazil’s Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer days after being
convicted of coup
By Michael Rios, CNN
Updated:
4:47 PM EDT, Wed September 17, 2025
Source: CNN
Medical tests on Brazil’s former President this week showed the
presence of an early type of skin cancer, doctors said Wednesday.
According to results from a Sunday procedure to have skin lesions
removed, doctors found , which starts in cells in the middle and outer
layers of the skin.
“Two of the lesions tested positive for squamous cell carcinoma,
which is neither the kindest nor the most aggressive, but it is still a
skin cancer,” Bolsonaro’s doctor Claudio Biroloni said, according
to .
The news comes less than a week after the former president was
convicted of plotting a , which prosecutors said included plans to
potentially assassinate current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro, 70, was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. He
remains under house arrest and is expected to appeal.
Bolsonaro’s cancer was described as “,” meaning the abnormal
cells showed no signs of spread.
The diagnosis will require clinical monitoring and periodic
reevaluation, doctors at the DF Star Hospital in Brasilia said.
Bolsonaro was admitted to that hospital a second time on due to
vomiting, dizziness, low blood pressure and pre-syncope, a feeling like
you’re about to faint. He was discharged on Wednesday and continues
to be monitored by a doctor.
The far-right politician has previously been for pain related to a
wound sustained when he was stabbed on the campaign trail seven years
ago.
Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, said on X that his
father would be all right. “My father has already fought tougher
battles and won. This one won’t be any different,” he said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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