giant basal cell carcinoma of the face

Authors

amir jalal abbasi department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, school of dentistry and craniomaxillofacial research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

ata garajei department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, school of dentistry and craniomaxillofacial research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

naeem ahmadi craniomaxillofacial research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

abstract

this case report describes a 59-year-old woman with a giant basal cell carcinoma on the face neglected for 11 years. surgical resection of the lesion resulted in a 13 × 11 cm defect. issues regarding the adequately safe surgical margins and the management of the resultant defect through modern wound dressing technologies are discussed. keywords : giant basal cell carcinoma, modern dressing, gel dressing, silver dressing, safe margin

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journal of craniomaxillofacial research

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