Posts Tagged ‘skin cancer’
A Simple Cream for Cancer with Not Always Simple Consequences
HISTORY A 62-year-old woman presents with multiple hypopigmented areas of previous skin cancer treatment with imiquimod. DISCUSSION Some patients find themselves with a large number of skin cancers and pre-cancerous lesions. While surgical excision is recommended for certain types of skin cancer, pre-cancers and superficial skin cancers can often be treated in other ways. These…
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Sebaceous Nevus of Jadassohn
HISTORY 21-year-old male presents with 10-year history of left cheek lesion that has become more prominent with puberty and thickened over time. An excision found sebaceous nevus of Jadassohn. DISCUSSION – Nevus Sebaceous These congenital skin lesions are often excised. Timing and rationale of excision are based on the science behind the nevus sebaceous. Congenital…
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Subtotal Ear Reconstruction with Alloplast
DISCUSSION Subtotal ear reconstruction is a challenging surgical task that often requires non-traditional techniques. This particular patient was treated with an alloplastic implant and rib cartilage grafts. We utilized Medpor Helical Rim implant, a porous polyethylene material (Stryker, USA) used for microtia reconstruction. The implant was used for its elegantly curved helix. The rib cartilage…
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Total Ear Reconstruction with Osseointegrated Prosthesis
DISCUSSION Total ear reconstruction after radical skin cancer resection can be treated with prosthetic rehabilitation. Optimally, osseointegrated fixation of a prosthesis is employed. This patient was treated with complete ear amputation and post-operative radiation. His prosthetic rehabilitation was a team effort between Simon Madorsky, M.D., at SCARS Center and Mark George, D.D.S., a prosthodontist. Three…
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Management of Recurrent Large Melanoma In Situ
HISTORY 78-year-old man presents with a recurrent melanoma in situ of left cheek in April 2018. Previously, the melanoma in situ was excised in 2001. Patient’s dermatologists performed excision in three stages over a period of 3 weeks to achieve clear margins. Reconstruction of left cheek was performed with a cheek and neck platysma myocutaneous…
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Large Thigh BCC Treated with Radiation
HISTORY 92-year-old man presents with 15-year history of basal cell carcinoma on left thigh. The 9.3 cm x 8.6 cm superficial plaque was treated with electron beam radiotherapy completing 6000 cGy in 30 fractions on 3-13-2018. DISCUSSION The 6-week course of radiation was tolerated well by this patient. He had minimum oozing from previous biopsy…
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Pigmented BCC of Left Neck
HISTORY 81-year-old man presents with pigmented lesion on left neck. The lesion was excised with 2 mm margins. BCC was found with clear margins. DISCUSSION Pigmented basal cell carcinoma is an uncommon variant of the common skin cancer. Its behavior is that of a non-pigmented basal cell carcinoma. It can be confused with melanoma and…
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Mitoses in a Dysplastic Nevus
HISTORY 61-year-old man presents with 6-month history of forehead lesion. Biopsy on October 2017 showed atypical nevomelanocytic neoplasm with several mitoses (3/mm2). An excision with 5 mm margins was performed in November 2017 with negative findings. DISCUSSION This melanocytic tumor of uncertain malignant potential can also be called a MELTUMP. These lesions present a treatment…
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