title: Basal cell carcinoma in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: treatment with Mohs micrographic surgery fixed-tissue technique.
abstract: A case illustrating Mohs micrographic surgery fixed-tissue technique in the treatment of a large basal cell carcinoma of the left nasal alar groove in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is described. Fixation of the tissue before excision and appropriate infectious disease precautions minimize exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus by the surgical and laboratory personnel, while Mohs micrographic mapping assures complete removal of a potentially life-threatening cancer in an immunocompromised patient.
authors.affiliation: Cutaneous Surgery Center, Barnes Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hruza
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008867:Microtomy / Q000379:methods; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D010820:Physicians; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps