CARCINOMA OF THE LOWER LIP

NEW APPLICATION FOR THE BITEMPORAL (VISOR) FLAP IN RECONSTRUCTION OF ADVANCED LOWER LIP CARCINOMA

Background: Lip carcinoma is a common cancer with a good prognosis and when patients refer early in the course of disease the results of treatment are acceptable. Surgical procedures for reconstruction of lip defects are the use of remaining lip tissue, tissue from the opposite lip, adjacent cheek tissue, distant flaps and microvascular free flaps. The bitemporal (visor) flap is a regional...

Surgery for recurrent lower lip carcinoma.

A 38 year old gentleman presented with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of lower lip. He had earlier undergone previous surgeries and radiotherapy. At the time that he presented in KMCTH his lower lip area was much scarred and the tongue was shrunk and unavailable for vermilion reconstruction. This case report is an account of the various treatment carried out to reconstruct the lip. It was do...

Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma of the Lower Lip: Report of a Case

Basal cell carcinoma of the lower extremities

Background: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common form of skin cancer, usually occurs in the sun-exposed areas of the body like head and neck, yet is also seen in unexpected sites. Myriad studies have mentioned a lower limb BCC incidence rate of 1.5-13.5%.Methods: The present retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 650 BCC patients, who were referred to the dermatology tumor ...

Cutaneous Horn with Underlying Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lower Lip

Context: Cornu cutaneum associated with squamous cell carcinoma is a relatively unusual presentation in lower lip. Cutaneous horn may be associated with benign, premalignant, or malignant cutaneous lesions and is characterized by the presence of abnormal keratinized material. Here we present a 63-year-old female patient with a cutaneous horn in lower lip with underlying squamous cell carcinoma ...