Margin Control Surgery of the Skin

Description:

This first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary approach to margin control cutaneous surgery highlights practical concepts and provides copious illustrations and photos paired with text Outlining basic techniques for safe, effective surgery, Margin Control Surgery of the Skin explains how to handle common difficulties in completely excising common skin tumors, as well as more advanced cancers not usually dealt with by Mohs surgeons. The combination of illustrations, photographs, and concise text make complex topics easy to understand, and concepts are outlined in both traditional chapter format and case-based format so that practitioners will be engaged in a more practical context. Traditional chapters cover all technical aspects of the procedure and how these techniques are applied to the treatment of cutaneous malignancies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

SECTION I: Background

1. History

2. Multidisciplinary Approach

3. Mohs Micrographic Surgery

SECTION II: Surgical Considerations, Specimen Preparation, and Processing

4. Indications

5. Surgical Technique and Specimen Mapping

6. Specimen Preparation

7. Slide Preparation and Immunohistochemistry

SECTION III: Applications for Cutaneous Malignancy

8. Basal Cell Carcinoma

9. Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

10. Melanoma

11. Cutaneous Sarcomas

12. Merkel Cell Carcinoma

13. Malignant Adnexal Tumors

14. Extramammary Paget’s Disease

SECTION IV: Case Reports and Discussions

15. Case 1. Basic Basal Cell Carcinoma

16. Case 2. Large Facial Lentigo Maligna

17. Case 3. Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma

18. Case 4. Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Scalp

19. Case 5. Pleomorphic Dermal Sarcoma of the Scalp

Index