title: Stellate subperichondrial repair of a double ear cancer.
abstract: Cancer disguised as dermatitis involved both the anterior and posterior auricular perichondrium, necessitating excision of the middle third of the ear. Closure of this larger defect was effected by a three-pronged subperichondrial wedge excision of cartilage, leaving overlying skin intact. The reconstructed ear, therefore, had fewer scar lines than would have resulted from open-wedge excisions.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods