title: A conservative surgical approach to the treatment of 'locally invasive' lentigo maligna melanoma of the face.
abstract: Lentigo maligna has the potential for malignant change, and is managed in many cases by wide local excision. However, there are clinical situations in which aggressive surgical management is inappropriate or unsuccessful. We present three such cases, in which a more conservative surgical approach was adopted and maintained over several decades.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Moloney
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018327:Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*