Posts Tagged ‘Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)’
Recurrent Bowen’s Disease of Temple
HISTORY 63-year-old man presents with 9-month history of Bowen’s disease of right anterior and posterior sideburn biopsied on 08-20-18. History of previous Mohs excision of Bowen’s disease of the same area in February 2016. Patient has a history of multiple basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, and melanoma. DISCUSSION Management of this lesion is best…
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LOWER LIP ATYPIA AT MARGINS OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
HISTORY 89-year-old man presents with several month history of lesion on bottom lip. A biopsy was taken on 8-9-17 and showed severe squamous atypia without ruling out deeper SCC. Excision of lesion done 9-6-17 showed invasive squamous cell carcinoma with foci of moderate squamous dysplasia from 9 to 3 o’clock. Patient has history of…
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MAPPING OF BCC WITH CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY
HISTORY 63 year old woman diagnosed with recurrence of BCC of left upper lip in 2015 after treatment of Efudex and a surgical excision in 2005. Patient had 3 separate BCC locations in left upper lip. Due to the size and multifocality of the lesion, patient was treated with Erivedge for 7…
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PDT Across the Atlantic and Medical Economics
Does medical economics bias the community standards for treatment of skin cancers? If the answer is yes, then photodynamic therapy serves as an illustrative example of this bias. Private practice dermatology in the US and National Health Service of UK are practice settings with significantly different economics and also different treatment goals. The one’s is…
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