title: Treatment of malignant melanoma of the lower eyelid using anterolateral thigh flap.
abstract: Malignant melanoma is a poor prognostic disease with the potential for high mortality despite early diagnosis and currently available treatment. Surgical judgment pertaining to the extent of primary resection and regional node dissections must be tempered by cosmetic considerations and by the anatomically diffuse pathways for lymphatic spread in certain lesions. We reported a case of malignant melanoma of the left lower eyelid, and presented the surgical excision and reconstruction using anterolateral thigh flap for skin defect. It is evident that comprehensive treatment using radical surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy is necessary for cutaneous malignant melanoma of head and neck areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohmura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013848:Thigh
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents