Mohs micrographic excision of lentigo maligna using Mel-5 for margin control.
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چکیده
A 56-year-old man presented with a pigmented lesion on the right preauricular cheek. A biopsy specimen demonstrated lentigo maligna. The lesion was excised in a standard fashion with 0.5-cm margins. Histologic evaluation of the excised specimen showed persistence of the tumor at the surgical margin. A second attempt at excision failed to fully excise the tumor. The patient was referred to our institution for micrographic excision of the residual tumor.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of dermatology
دوره 135 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999