Fig. 8.1 Breadloaf technique. (a) Standard excision processed with breadloaf technique (Image ©2016, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Used with permission). (b) Melanoma excised with standard margin as an ellipse….
Fig. 16.1 Biopsy proven lentigo maligna melanoma with ill-defined clinical borders Fig. 16.2 Wood’s light examination of pigmented lesion Fig. 16.3 Dermoscopic examination of pigmented lesion Fig. 16.4 Reflectance confocal…
Study Recurrence rate 95 % CI % weight Lower Upper Excision Pitman [34] 0.09 0.01 0.29 2.31 Hill [35] 0.02 0 0.08 3.05 Argawal-Antal [36] 0 0 0.04 3.2 Osborne…
Fig. 10.1 (a–g) Left cheek lentigo maligna with final defect much larger than anticipated Several studies have reported reconstruction techniques that were used following excision of LM/LMM. In the above…
Fig. 9.1 (a) Histology of normal eyelid skin; (b) Eyelid melanoma, 1.7 mm breslow thickness The eyelid is made up of three functional lamellae, the anterior lamella which includes the…
Fig. 4.1 Dermoscopy image of lentigo maligna melanoma on the cheek displaying an annular-granular pattern composed of gray and brown dots asymmetrically distributed around follicular openings UVR damaged skin of…
Fig. 3.1 Classic examples of lentigo maligna (a) on the cheek in a 60 year old female, (b) on the nasal tip in an 83 year old male, (c) and…
Fig. 14.1 RCM feature of LM: nonedged dermal papillae Fig. 14.2 RCM feature of LM: round large pagetoid cells Fig. 14.3 RCM feature of LM: atypical cells at the dermal-epidermal…
Fig. 6.1 The 2-bladed square technique, (a) The purpose of the initial stage(s) is to define the lesion perimeter. The peripheral wound is sutured, (b) Tissue is processed to examine…
Fig. 17.1 Irregular brown patch on the left cheek in background of solar lentigines; biopsy sites marked in purple Fig. 17.2 Melanoma in situ of the lentigo maligna type: confluent…
