Aesthetic reconstruction of the vertex area of the scalp. Case report.
A 62-year-old woman had a defect in the vertex of the scalp that was created by the excision of a basal cell carcinoma. This was closed with three local, hair-bearing, rhomboid flaps. This allowed us to reconstruct the natural whorl pattern of hair in this region.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Genova, Italy. plstsurg@hp380.ist.unige.it
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D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors