Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery Center is Orange County’s premiere skin cancer center, offering patients, physicians, and the community a credible resource for understanding, preventing, and managing skin cancer.

Managing Eyelid Skin Cancer

By Alyssa Flanders, PAC

HISTORY A 53-year-old man presented with an approximately 10-year history of right upper eyelid “psoriasis.” He was treated with alclometasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment which helped with redness but flaking was still present. Trial of Protopic 0.1% ointment on 1/23/20 with minimal relief. Punch biopsy of the right upper eyelid on 5/19/21 showed inflamed AK. Area…

Managing Lentigo Maligna Melanoma

By Shea Pickering, PAC

HISTORY A 56-year-old man presented with complaint of lifelong history of darkening, growing left lesion of the left cheek. Biopsy on 09/24/21 showed melanoma in-situ. Excision with 5-6mm margins and closure of left cheek melanoma performed on 12/2/21 showed positive margins at 3-4 o’clock margins. Woods lamp evaluation and re-excision performed on 1/7/22. DISCUSSION Lentigo…

A Modern Test for Melanoma

By Alyssa Flanders, PAC

DecisionDx Melanoma is enhancing medical decision making in invasive melanoma stages I, II, and III.. Management of cutaneous melanoma involves strategic risk assessment and oncologic work-up. This typically includes staging, wide local excision, and possible sentinel lymph node biopsy or biologic therapy. Traditionally, surgeons perform a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) if the possibility of…

The Rare Skin Cancers: Sebaceous Carcinomas

By Emily Rauchut, BS

HISTORY A 67-year-old man presents w/ a painful right cheek scar s/p Mohs and reconstruction of sebaceous carcinoma done on 4/2019 complicated by salivary fistula. History of drained hematoma and leaking parotid gland s/p surgery. 0.3cc of kenalog 10 mg/cc injected on 9/30/21. Excision of right cheek scar with reconstruction done on 11/29/21. DISCUSSION Sebaceous…

Sensory Symptoms with Skin Cancers

By Simon Madorsky, MD

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…

Severe Lichenoid Drug Eruption from Pembrolizumab

By Simon Madorsky, MD

HISTORY An 88-year-old woman with a six-month history of a diffuse, pruritic eruption that includes thick, hypertrophic leg lesions with accompanying edema, ulcerations, weeping exudates and pain. The eruption started during a course of pembrolizumab (keytruda) infusions for high risk melanoma of the left great toe. Last Keytruda infusion was three months ago. DISCUSSION Pembrolizumab,…

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Managing Eyelid Skin Cancer

By Alyssa Flanders, PAC

Managing Lentigo Maligna Melanoma

By Shea Pickering, PAC

A Modern Test for Melanoma

By Alyssa Flanders, PAC

The Rare Skin Cancers: Sebaceous Carcinomas

By Emily Rauchut, BS

Sensory Symptoms with Skin Cancers

By Simon Madorsky, MD

Severe Lichenoid Drug Eruption from Pembrolizumab

By Simon Madorsky, MD

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