Skin Cancers Involving the Eyebrow: Clinical Considerations

A female patient in her 40s presented with a lesion of the left eyebrow that had been increasing in size for several months. A biopsy of the lesion was positive for basal cell carcinoma. She underwent Mohs excision of the lesion with a resulting defect. The defect was...

Treatment of Multiple Skin Cancer Lesions

A male patient in his 60s is noted to have two separate skin cancers on the right side of his face. He has a larger squamous cell carcinoma on the cheek just below the eyelid and a basal cell carcinoma on the right side of the nasal tip. It was determined that in...

Skin Cancer: Nasal Reconstruction and Scar Management

The patient is a male in his 50s who noticed a small bump growing over the tip of his nose for a few months. He presented to his dermatologist who took a biopsy of his lesion. The biopsy was positive for basal cell carcinoma (BCC). The patient presented to a Mohs...

Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Reconstruction of the Scalp

The patient is a 74-year-old male who noticed a crusting lesion of his scalp. This grew rapidly. A biopsy of the lesion was consistent with squamous cell carcinoma. He underwent excision of the lesion with wide margins. The resulting defect was measured to be 3 cm by...

Basal Cell Cancer: Reconstruction of the Nose

A patient in his sixties noticed a small bump along the left tip of his nose. When he saw his primary care physician he was referred to a dermatologist. A shave biopsy of the lesion was performed and found to be positive for basal cell carcinoma, the most common form...