Posts Tagged ‘wide local resection’
Treatment Considerations for Melanoma In-Situ
HISTORY A 22-year-old woman presented with left upper lip lesion. Tape testing showed positive for LINC00518 and PRAME. Excisional biopsy was performed showing atypia on the preliminary results. DISCUSSION Management of melanoma in-situ can be especially challenging in cosmetically sensitive areas such as the lip. Traditional management options for melanoma in-situ include surgical excision, topical…
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The Rare Skin Cancers: Sebaceous Carcinomas
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…
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Left Ear Multiple Recurrent Basal Cell Carcinoma
HISTORY 64-year-old woman presents with recurrence of left ear basal cell carcinoma. She has a history of sun lamp tanning and scuba diving with multiple sun burns. Basal cell carcinoma was first removed from left scapha and treated with a skin graft in July 2009. The area subsequently developed crusting and was treated with…
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