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8882016

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Lentigo maligna (LM) is a pigmented lesion occurring on sun-exposed skin that may become lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM). The tumor can behave in an aggressive fashion, causing significant cosmetic disfigurement, often extending significantly further than the clinical margin. Complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice. We describe a 74-year-old woman with a large LM of the left cheek, upper and lower eyelids, and preauricular skin that had recurred twice. The tumor was removed using Mohs' micrographic surgery (MMS) with rush permanent sections and was found to infiltrate extensively the split-thickness skin graft that had been placed five years earlier. LM can invade and replace a skin graft. Although destructive modalities and conventional surgery are recommended by some authors, MMS offers the greatest likelihood of cure, the ability to examine nearly 100 percent of the surgical margins, and maximal tissue sparing. Complete excision of LM at its earliest recognition may prevent invasive LMM and will limit cosmetic disfigurement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0011-4162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
175-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Recurrent lentigo maligna invading a skin graft successfully treated with Mohs' micrographic surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports