A patient is presented with a recurrent plantar tumor present for 15 years. This hyperkeratotic exophytic tumor behaved historically and appeared clinically to be a verrucous carcinoma. Biopsy revealed Bowen's disease. The tumor was successfully treated with Mohs surgery. The tumor is presented due to its unusual location and its appearance that closely resembled verrucous carcinoma. The Mohs t...

MMS: Mohs micrographic surgery SSDC: sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma INTRODUCTION Sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma (SSDC) is a rare slow-growing malignant tumor of the sweat glands that usually occurs in the head and neck region. SSDC isoftenmisdiagnosedclinically,which can result in tumor mismanagement and recurrence. Recent literature has shifted in favor of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) as ...

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOLLOWING MOHS SURGERY: A CASE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION Page 13 Abstract Background: Following Mohs surgery, defects of the nasal tip are often repaired with complex flaps and grafts harvested from distant sites. Both of these options may result in increased complications or poor cosmetic outcomes compared to simpler options. Objective: Demonstrate the utility of the B...

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...

INTRODUCTION Skin cancer treatment includes surgical and non-surgical techniques. Among surgical techniques, Mohs micrographic surgery permits a complete evaluation of surgical margins with maximal tissue sparing. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective review of dermatology database of skin cancer cases treated with Mohs surgery at University Hospital Dr. José Eleuterio González from 1988 to 2015...

dHACM: dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane INTRODUCTION Mohs surgery and repair of lower eyelid surgical defects present unique reconstruction challenges because of risk for ectropion. There are several options to avoid this adverse outcome, but when a patient declines surgical repair, there are no alternatives aside from second-intention healing with or without adjunctive therapy. One pro...

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 ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technology with the potential to provide high-resolution images of the skin non-invasively. With this device, it is possible to identify a host of skin structures including tumors. In this case report, we demonstrate the use of an OCT device in delineating a lateral tumor margin of an ill-defined basal cell carcinoma prior to Mohs micrographic su...

L entigo maligna (LM) is an in situ lesion with a 2% to 50% risk of progression to LM melanoma. Currently, surgery or radiotherapy is usually recommended as the primary treatment for LM. In the literature, the recurrence rates reported for radiotherapy range from 0% to 19%, with a mean recurrence rate of approximately 7%; in addition, radiotherapy carries the risk of causing chronic radiodermat...