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Archive for January 2018

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Ankle Ganglion Cyst

HISTORY   51-year-old man presents with a 7-year history of an right ankle subdermal soft mass that has been recently growing. Fine needle aspiration found benign fibrous tissue in myxoid-like material consistent with a ganglion cyst.   DISCUSSION   This case serves as a reminder that not all subcutaneous tissue is dermatologic in origin. Ganglion…

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Forehead SCC with Perineural Invasion

HISTORY   83-year-old man presented in 02/2017 with a 3-year history of a forehead and temple SCC. The cancer was initially treated with cryoablation and 5-FU. Excision on 9/2/16 was performed with residual circumferential margins. Histology found poorly differentiated sclerosing squamous cell carcinoma, with perineural invasion of 0.1 mm nerves.  Wide local resection with radial…

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Scalp SCC Metastasis to Neck

HISTORY   64-year-old man presents in 11/2017 with tender, right postauricular swelling. Fine needle aspiration biopsy showed squamous cell carcinoma. Extensive squamous cell carcinoma of scalp was treated with 4 levels of Mohs earlier that year in 01/2017. Additional smaller squamous cell carcinoma of the same area of the scalp was treated with Mohs in…

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Scalp Reconstruction 3

Patient diagnosed with malignant melanoma of midline forehead. Mohs excision performed by primary dermatologist. Forehead/scalp reconstruction performed by Dr. Simon Madorsky at SCARS Center.  

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Scalp Reconstruction 2

Patient diagnosed with nodular and micronodular Basal Cell Carcinoma of left forehead. Mohs surgery performed by Dr. Gregory Bartlow. Forehead/scalp reconstruction performed by Dr. Simon Madorsky at SCARS Center.   

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Nose Reconstruction 7

Patient diagnosed with Basal cell carcinoma of left nose and cheek. Mohs surgery performed by primary dermatologist. Nose reconstruction performed by Dr. Simon Madorksy at SCARS Center.                

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Nose Reconstruction 6

Patient diagnosed with Basal cell carcinoma of the skin of the tip of nose. Mohs surgery performed by primary dermatologist. Nose reconstruction performed by Dr. Simon Madorsky at SCARS Center.  

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Nose Reconstruction 5

Patient diagnosed with Basal cell carcinoma of left nose. Mohs surgery performed by Dr. Matthew Goodman at SCARS Center. Nose Reconstruction performed by Dr. Simon Madorsky at SCARS Center.  

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Nose Reconstruction 4

Patient diagnosed with Basal cell carcinoma of left bridge of nose. Mohs surgery performed by Dr. Matthew Goodman at SCARS Center. Nose reconstruction performed by Dr. Simon Madorsky at SCARS Center.      

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