Ablation of a persistent angiomatous condition on the face in stages by a variety of flap techniques and selective dermabrasion.
A case is described in which a large, persistent hemangioma on a cheek of a middle-aged man was removed in stages by means of subcutaneously bipedicled island flaps, a preauricular and postauricular transposition flap, and finished off by dermabrasion. Some such lesions hitherto deemed inoperable may be removed satisfactorily in stages if various techniques of ablation and reconstruction are employed.
D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek; D003869:Dermabrasion; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps