Mohs' micrographic surgery of facial basal cell carcinoma ensures a high cure rate with maximal preservation of healthy tissue. Using precise margin control, this procedure allows complete examination of all margins of tissue removed. Due to the insufficient facilities for Mohs' micrographic surgery in Sweden, only the most aggressive tumours are referred for this procedure, which could increas...

Introdução: Mohs Micrographic Surgery is a surgical technique that produces the greatest cure rates and the lowest recurrence in the treatment of skin cancer. This article describes the experience of performing micrographic surgery in a university hospital, with the aim of introducing the process and disseminating the technique.

Financial support: None Conflict of interest: None ABSTRACT Basal cell carcinoma is a locally invasive malignant tumor, most frequently affecting Caucasian people. The nasal ala is a frequent site for this neoplasia. The treatment of choice is surgical, and Mohs micrographic surgery is one of the indicated techniques for presenting great accuracy in the histological control of margins and high ...

We report a 58-year-old woman with cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma arising on the chest treated with Mohs micrographic surgery. The patient remained tumor-free at 24-month follow-up. To date, only six other cases of cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma were reportedly managed by Mohs surgery. Cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma has low potential for distant metastasis but is notorious for its a...

Skin cancers are the most common malignancies occurring in the Caucasian population. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) represents 75% and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) 20% of cutaneous malignancies5,29. The other 5%, including melanomas, are beyond the scope of this article. Over the last decade, a significant rise in incidence of non melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has been noted16,20,29. However, the mo...

OBJECTIVES To compare a rapid, cross-sectional frozen-section technique with Mohs micrographic surgery, using recurrence rate and cost of treatment for excision of basal cell carcinoma as indicators to validate our indications for Mohs surgery. DESIGN Retrospective study of 557 head and neck basal cell carcinomas excised over 10 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Recurrence rates; tumor compariso...

Mohs micrographic surgery allows for complete microscopic examination of the surgical margin when treating aggressive and recurrent facial basal cell carcinomas. This leads to the highest cure rates and maximal preservation of healthy tissue. The 5-year recurrence rates of 587 aggressive and/or recurrent facial basal cell carcinomas treated during 1993 to 2003 at our centre were studied retrosp...

BACKGROUND Several differences in basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) were found, according to the ethnic group; for example, pigmented BCCs was more common in Asian or Hispanic patients. However, there are few reports on the subclinical extension of the BCC in Asian patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the subclinical infiltration of the basal cell carcinoma in Asian patients. ...

BACKGROUND Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT) is a rare neoplasm originating in the outer sheath of a hair follicle that often presents as a slowly enlarging, painful, subcutaneous scalp nodule. The authors describe a case of malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT) in an elderly 65-year-old Asian male who presented with a 5.5 x 5.0 cm mass on the posterior scalp. METH...