title: Squamous cell carcinoma in a tube pedicle forty years after jaw reconstruction.
abstract: Forty years following extensive jaw resection for adenocarcinoma in a young man, and innovative mandibular reconstruction, a squamous cell carcinoma developed in the tubed pedicle flap used to provide lining for the floor of the mouth. The case is described and a brief history of the early methods of mandibular reconstruction is presented.
authors.affiliation: RAFT Department of Research in Plastic Surgery, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Klaassen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps