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Posts Tagged ‘cheek reconstruction’

Sensory Symptoms with Skin Cancers

HISTORY A 68-year-old woman presented with left cheek radiating, shooting pains in the area of biopsy proven  basal cell carcinoma. The neuralgia symptoms radiated to the nose, eye, and temple. MRI of the face was non-contributory. Mohs excision was performed by the dermatologist. Additional margin wide local excision was performed at the reconstructive procedure. Patient…

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Cheek Reconstruction 1

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of cheek. Treatment radiation therapy, Mohs surgery coordinated with primary dermatologist at SCARS Center, and reconstruction by Simon Madorsky, MD.  

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CHEEK AND EYELID RECONSTRUCTION WITH MULTIPLE PARTIAL ISLAND FLAPS

HISTORY 61-year-old woman presents with several year history of pigmented left cheek and lower lid lesion.  She was initially treated with liquid nitrogen 15 months ago. A biopsy was performed 6-8-17 and revealed melanoma in situ. Excision with close margins performed 6-16-17. Clear margins found on LPMG reading. Second opinion from UCSD was suspicious for…

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Deeply Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Cheek

  HISTORY: 82-year-old man with a 1 year history of squamous cell carcinoma on the right lower cheek biopsied on 4/28/2017. Radical resection of the right cheek carcinoma and deep facial lymph node biopsy was performed. Intraoperative Mohs margin evaluation confirmed clear margins. Final permanent histology margins were close but clear. Evidence of perineural invasion…

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