Micrographic surgery for satellites and in-transit metastases of malignant melanoma.
Satellites and in-transit metastases do not always forebode the systemic dissemination of malignant melanoma. Five patients with varying numbers of these lesions were successfully treated with the fixed-tissue technique of micrographic surgery. This method permits the excision of these embolic foci with a minimal risk of further dissemination. It is important that the lesions be detected and removed as early as possible.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*